# Fractures at Thorpe Specialty Services Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018021857` · 2/23/2018 · HUEYTOWN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Catwalks
## Employer
- **Name:** Thorpe Specialty Services Corporation
- **Location:** 1273 24th Avenue, HUEYTOWN, ALABAMA, 35023
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a catwalk bridge, attempting to clean the inside of a kiln, when the employee fell approximately 30 feet off the catwalk and contacted debris and material inside the kiln. The employee suffered head trauma, a broken shoulder, broken ribs, and a broken pelvis, requiring hospitalization.

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