# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at PTI Royston, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020043469` · 4/15/2020 · ROYSTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Lamps, light fixtures
## Employer
- **Name:** PTI Royston, LLC
- **Location:** 545 OLD ELBERT RD, ROYSTON, GEORGIA, 30662
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 6-foot step ladder, using a wire cutter/stripper to prepare a wire for reconnection to a light fixture in a drop ceiling. A short-circuit caused a flash of light and the employee fell from the ladder to the concrete floor. The employee suffered two broken ribs on the left side, a bruised left lung, and a contusion, and was hospitalized.

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