# Fractures at McDermott
> OSHA SIR `2018055179` · 5/26/2018 · PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** McDermott
- **Location:** 26270 LA 405, PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA, 70764
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on some small pipes, lining the flange on the top of a pump skid on a foundation about 3 feet high. He lost his balance and went over the side of the skid, fracturing a vertebra in his neck.

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