# Fractures at Virginia Wrecking Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015030610` · 3/25/2015 · PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Virginia Wrecking Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Escambia County Utility Authority, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, 32507
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a scissor lift cutting a metal water pipe (15-feet long) with a torch. When the pipe was completely cut, it hit the scissor lift and caused the lift to fall 15 feet to the ground. The employee broke his arm and pelvis and was hospitalized.

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