# Fractures at Holsinger Drywall Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171212032` · 12/19/2017 · FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Holsinger Drywall Inc.
- **Location:** 3425 S. Shields Street, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, 80526
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the breezeway of a new construction townhome and  reached over a guardrail to hand a ladder down to another employee. When he put pressure on the guardrail it gave way and he fell through the upper and mid-rail to the ground, landing on the other employee. He broke his hip and lacerated his head, requiring hospitalization.

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