# Bruises, contusions at Eversource
> OSHA SIR `2025043976` · 4/29/2025 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** Eversource
- **Location:** 80 Warrenton Street, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02108
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a step ladder to perform interior wiring work. The ladder moved when a nearby freight elevator door was pulled down. The employee fell about 4 feet to the ground and sustained a contusion to their left leg.

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