# Fractures at Gold Medal Environmental of DE, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016021401` · 2/15/2016 · WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Catwalks
## Employer
- **Name:** Gold Medal Environmental of DE, LLC
- **Location:** 1000 S. Heald Street, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19801
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee entered the cat walk approximately 13' above the grade. As he was walking to borrow a tool from another employee, he fell through an opening that was not secured from pedestrian foot traffic. The employee suffered a compound fracture of the right leg.

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