# Fractures at System Electric Co.
> OSHA SIR `2025043648` · 4/19/2025 · TRENTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** System Electric Co.
- **Location:** 2289 FM 815 Trenton, TRENTON, TEXAS, 75490
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling electrical wire while standing on a 6-foot step ladder. The rope used to pull the electrical wire broke, causing the employee to fall backward to the floor. The employee's knee was fractured.

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