# Fractures at BATES ELECTRIC
> OSHA SIR `2020021344` · 2/11/2020 · LARGO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BATES ELECTRIC
- **Location:** 10125 Ulmerton Rd., LARGO, FLORIDA, 33771
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder preparing a wall for an electric conduit when he became unbalanced and fell 8 to 10 feet to the concrete floor, suffering a head laceration and a broken arm. He was hospitalized.

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