# Fractures at Electrical Contractors Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211728` · 12/29/2023 · JACKSON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Electrical Contractors Inc.
- **Location:** 713 Casin, JACKSON, MISSOURI, 63755
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.

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