# Fractures at Hightower Electric Company, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2018021409` · 2/10/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Lamps, light fixtures
## Employer
- **Name:** Hightower Electric Company, LTD
- **Location:** 16825 Northchase Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77060
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 7-foot step ladder installing ceiling light fixtures. The employee contacted energized wiring with wire strippers and fell from the ladder. The employee was hospitalized for head trauma and broken ribs.

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