# Fractures and burns at Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022119812` · 11/8/2022 · GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1700 Walnut St., GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 8, 2022, at approximately 3:30 PM, an electrician was on a ladder to replace a pendant on a hoist when the employee contacted a powered terminal and was shocked by 460 volts of electricity. The employee then fell off the ladder and was hospitalized for a burn and fracture.

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