# Fractures and burns at D & F INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171111298` · 11/28/2017 · EDINBURG, TEXAS
## 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:** D & F INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 5540 Raphael Drive, EDINBURG, TEXAS, 78539
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While standing on a ladder and installing light fixtures, an employee touched live wires and was thrown from the ladder. The employee suffered a fractured tailbone from the fall and electrical burns to the right thumb and left shoulder from the live wires.

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