# Fractures at Certainteed Gypsum, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015042348` · 4/26/2015 · PROCTOR, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Certainteed Gypsum, Inc.
- **Location:** 9622 Energy Road, PROCTOR, WEST VIRGINIA, 26055
- **NAICS:** 327420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell approximately 15-18 feet off of a rail car during the loading process. Fall protection was worn, but was disconnected at the time of the accident.  The employee fractured three vertebrae in his back and suffered a head laceration that required staples.

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