# Fractures at L3 Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021586` · 2/17/2017 · EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** L3 Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** 8th Street, Bldg 968, EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA, 32542
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the back of a lavatory service truck while he was servicing water into the system. As he was connecting a dump hose onto the aircraft, he stumbled, fell 61 inches, and hit his head on the concrete floor. He sustained a contusion on his head, fractured four ribs, and fractured his left thumb, requiring hospitalization.

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