# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Barrier Electric Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087124` · 8/5/2024 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Electric parts  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Barrier Electric Inc.
- **Location:** 1120 E. Pine St, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74106
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out 2x4 lights when he was shocked and fell from the fourth rung of his ladder onto a chair below him. The employee sustained fractured rib(s) and collapsing lung(s).

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