# Fractures at American Fire Sprinkler, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088165` · 8/9/2018 · GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Roof trusses, joists
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Fire Sprinkler, Inc.
- **Location:** 1703 Hwy 82 W., GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, 38930
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking on ceiling joists in an attic when his foot slipped off the joist and he fell through the ceiling, landing on the floor 10 feet below and fracturing his left wrist.

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