# Fractures at Electric Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2024087769` · 8/22/2024 · COLTON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Electric Construction Company
- **Location:** Tri-Valley High School, COLTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57018
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling wire on a 10-foot ladder when he lost his balance and jumped 7-8 feet to the ground. The employee sustained back vertebrae fractures.

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