# Fractures at Scott Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `20161110322` · 11/1/2016 · BEEVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
## Employer
- **Name:** Scott Electric Company
- **Location:** 1911 South Washington Street, BEEVILLE, TEXAS, 78102
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going up on a fixed ladder attached to a convenience store exterior wall. When he reached the top, he fell approximately 10 feet. During his fall, he hit the back side of his body on the metal toolbox of the company utility track, fracturing his spine.

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