# Fractures at ELCON Electrical Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010249` · 1/9/2017 · MADISON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
## Employer
- **Name:** ELCON Electrical Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 656 Belvue Dr., MADISON, MISSISSIPPI, 39110
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder installing a recessed light when the ladder (which was nailed into the wall) came away from the wall. The employee fell with the ladder, breaking the right femur and left leg below the knee.

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