# Fractures at Peterson Regional Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `20241211697` · 12/18/2024 · KERRVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Electrical wiring building or machine
## Employer
- **Name:** Peterson Regional Medical Center
- **Location:** 551 Hill Country Dr., KERRVILLE, TEXAS, 78028
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 12-foot ladder assessing a faulty outlet on a light pole. The 220-volt outlet was loose and it touched his lower arm. The employee was shocked and thrown backward from the ladder, landing on his back 8 feet away. The employee was hospitalized with a compression fracture to their L1 vertebra with spinal canal stenosis.

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