# Fractures at National Electric Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2016098620` · 9/12/2016 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** National Electric Contractors
- **Location:** 1475 California Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80202
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped off the second step of a ladder while descending and fell to the ground, fracturing his left hip and requiring surgery.

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