# Fractures at Certified Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109934` · 10/16/2017 · BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Certified Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 1001 Mansfield Street, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, 31520
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell from a 6-foot stepladder and hit the floor, suffering a compound fracture to the right forearm that required hospitalization and surgery. The stepladder was not braced at the time.

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