# Fractures and burns at Cardi Electric, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025021697` · 2/20/2025 · LAKE PARK, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Electrical wiring building or machine
## Employer
- **Name:** Cardi Electric, Inc
- **Location:** 3720 Northlake Blvd, LAKE PARK, FLORIDA, 33403
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on an 8-foot ladder and changing light fixtures, when they came into contact with a 277-volt wire. The employee fell to the ground and struck their head, resulting in a laceration. The employee also sustained fractured vertebrae and burns to their left hand fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

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