# Fractures at Pinnacle Electric
> OSHA SIR `2024021592` · 2/20/2024 · ASTORIA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Pinnacle Electric
- **Location:** 35-15 19th Ave, ASTORIA, NEW YORK, 11105
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a scissor lift, that was elevated approximately 15 feet, to run conduit for an AC unit. The employee fell from the lift and sustained fractured ribs. Fall protection was not used at the time.

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