# Fractures at Fleming Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010844` · 1/25/2018 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Fleming Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** Baptist Hospital, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72211
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to install a conduit on an outside wall. He was climbing an 8-foot A-frame ladder that was leaning against the wall when he lost his footing and fell about 6 feet, striking a table positioned next to the ladder. He broke his arm, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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