# Fractures and dislocations at Parme Electric LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109322` · 10/9/2023 · MC KEES ROCKS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Electrical wiring-building
## Employer
- **Name:** Parme Electric LLC
- **Location:** 11 Tunnel Way, MC KEES ROCKS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15136
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing cable from a overhead compartment while standing on a 8-foot, A-frame step ladder. Some cable from the overhead compartment became loose and swung down, striking the employee and causing him to fall off the ladder to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a wrist fracture and elbow dislocation.

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