# Fractures at Austal USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161211423` · 12/7/2016 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Austal USA, LLC
- **Location:** MMF (Modular Manufacturing Facility), MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36602
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing pipe-fitting operations at the top of a 6-foot rolling staircase (rollers locked in place). When she reached out and grabbed a fitted pipe, it came loose and caused her to lose her balance and fall down the stairs. She broke her right wrist, left hand, and sacrum.

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