# Fractures at DIXIE ELECTRIC, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025032324` · 3/11/2025 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DIXIE ELECTRIC, LLC
- **Location:** Leidos SMT, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35806
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a ladder. He slipped and his head struck the ladder, after which he fell to the ground. He suffered a back fracture and was hospitalized.

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