# Fractures at Gichner Systems Group Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015063975` · 6/23/2015 · DALLASTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Catwalks
## Employer
- **Name:** Gichner Systems Group Inc
- **Location:** 490 East Locust Street, DALLASTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17313
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working near a shelter that was being assembled, walking on a catwalk.  The employee walked onto a section where the catwalk had not yet been fully assembled and fell approximately 5 feet, fracturing the top of his left femur.

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