# Fractures at PEARL STEEL ERECTORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017021804` · 2/25/2017 · PEARL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and back
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PEARL STEEL ERECTORS, INC.
- **Location:** 305 Hwy. 80, PEARL, MISSISSIPPI, 39208
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped into a hole and fell 14 feet while welding on an I-beam, fracturing the right shoulder and tailbone.

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