# Fractures at Tradesmen International
> OSHA SIR `2017076757` · 7/20/2017 · FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Electric parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tradesmen International
- **Location:** Client Job Site, FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 62208
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder to cap a live wire when he bumped the wire and received an electric shock. He then fell from the ladder to the ground, breaking his leg and requiring hospitalization.

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