# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Turner County Stockyards, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016031832` · 3/1/2016 · ASHBURN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Skylights
## Employer
- **Name:** Turner County Stockyards, Inc.
- **Location:** 1315 Highway 41 South, ASHBURN, GEORGIA, 31714
- **NAICS:** 112112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking across the roof of a barn carrying a piece of guttering when he stepped backwards onto a skylight. He fell through the skylight into the barn from a height of about 15 feet and landed on metal cattle pens and the concrete floor. The employee suffered broken ribs, a liver laceration, a fractured eye-socket bone, and an arm laceration.

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