# Fractures at BMC EAST, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171110528` · 11/1/2017 · DULUTH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** BMC EAST, LLC
- **Location:** 1695 BUFORD HWY, DULUTH, GEORGIA, 30097
- **NAICS:** 423390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 01, 2017, at approximately 3:45 p.m., an employee was helping to unload materials at a receiving dock. The employee was next to a pallet of columns measuring approximately 10 feet long and approximately 6 feet high. A forklift operator was on the opposite side of the columns and manipulating them when the pallet and columns tipped over, causing the employee to fall between the trailer and a guard system. He hit the concrete approximately 4 feet below, fracturing his neck and back.

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