# Fractures at AV Electrical Systems, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022043370` · 4/19/2022 · BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AV Electrical Systems, LLC
- **Location:** 1616 Beacon Street, BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02445
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a ladder. He fell backward off the first step and landed on the ground sustaining a fractured left wrist.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*