# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at LECS, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2024065306` · 6/15/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Switchboards, panels, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** LECS, LTD
- **Location:** 1865 Aldine Westfield, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tying a new light fixture into a live junction box from a 10-foot ladder when he suffered an electrical shock and fell off the ladder. The employee sustained a head injury, received stitches, and was hospitalized.

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