# Fractures and burns at O'CONNELL ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017021134` · 2/4/2017 · SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Electric parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** O'CONNELL ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** Americold Logistics, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13209
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an 8-foot ladder installing a bus duct switch when an electrical arc flash/blast occurred, burning the employee's face and right hand. The employee was also thrown from the ladder, suffering fractured ribs.

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