# Fractures at PRAXAIR, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015096868` · 9/18/2015 · TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** PRAXAIR, INC.
- **Location:** 175 East Park Drive, TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, 14150
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading gas cylinders from a loading dock onto a pallet on a forklift truck positioned next to the loading dock. The employee stepped back and fell approximately four feet breaking two ribs, the pelvis and a wrist.

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