# Fractures and dislocations at Pagoda Electrical, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022109398` · 10/26/2022 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s) and arms(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pagoda Electrical, Inc.
- **Location:** 700 Penn Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19602
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a smoke/duct detector while standing on a 6-foot step ladder. He fell from the third step of the ladder to the carpeted concrete floor about 3 feet below, suffering a dislocated left elbow and a broken left ulna. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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