# Fractures at Silver Sheet Metal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087076` · 8/1/2016 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Trusses, girders, beams-structurally attached, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Silver Sheet Metal, Inc.
- **Location:** 1571 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30904
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a ductwork hanger while working about 14 feet from the ground level on the metal trusses. He fell 14 feet from the trusses, injuring his head and breaking his ribs, shoulders, and back.

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