# Fractures at Carter Electric Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021239` · 2/7/2020 · DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Carter Electric Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 Beach St., DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, 32114
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 7, 2020, an employee was running an overhead conduit pipe from a 6-foot A-frame ladder when the ladder's spreader bar came off, causing him to fall about 4 to 5 feet to the ground. He fractured his right elbow and was hospitalized.

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