# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Melton Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010310` · 1/10/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Melton Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 15377 Memorial Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77079
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a light enclosure. He was standing on a 8-foot A-frame ladder and was on the fifth step when he lost his balance and fell to the ground. He injured his left knee and was hospitalized for surgery.

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