# Fractures at WILHITE ELECTRIC CO
> OSHA SIR `2020043518` · 4/16/2020 · BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Electric parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WILHITE ELECTRIC CO
- **Location:** 4450 VIKING LOOP, BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA, 71111
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder installing an electric metallic tube. While attaching the tubing, the employee was startled by a shock and slipped off the ladder, falling to the ground and breaking his wrist. He was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*