# Fractures and burns at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2025054495` · 5/13/2025 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## 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:** Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
- **Location:** 925 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19107
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a ladder, replacing a light fixture's ballast above the ceiling. He came into contact with a live electrical lead carrying 277 volts. The shock caused him to fall from the ladder to the ground about 6 feet below. Along with an electrical burn on his hand, he suffered a broken left ankle and a broken left shoulder.

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