# Fractures at Atlanta Gear Works
> OSHA SIR `2017021317` · 2/9/2017 · DAWSONVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** Atlanta Gear Works
- **Location:** 433 Hightower Pkwy, DAWSONVILLE, GEORGIA, 30534
- **NAICS:** 333612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a 3-foot scaffold using a wrench to turn a tool on a machine when his wrench slipped. He slipped off the scaffold and hit the floor, breaking six ribs and suffering a contusion.

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