# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Ports America Florida Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010589` · 10/14/2018 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ports America Florida Inc.
- **Location:** 2999 Guy n Verger Blvd., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33605
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 10/14/2018, an employee was securing a container to be loaded with a crane. When the crane lifted the load, he was hit by the bottom container and fell 10 feet, suffering a facial fracture, broken arm, internal bleeding, and a fractured spine. Some of the connectors were not connected correctly at the time of the incident.

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