# Dislocation of joints at D&L Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2020043624` · 4/20/2020 · FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocation of joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** D&L Electric Company
- **Location:** 4440 FM 2351 Friendswood, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, 77546
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an 8-foot A-frame ladder, cutting sheetrock to attach an electrical terminal box. His elbow hit the terminal box and he was thrown off balance, falling to the floor from about four rungs up. He suffered a dislocated right wrist and a cut from a metal bracelet he was wearing.

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