# Fractures at Metalor Electrotechnics, USA
> OSHA SIR `20181111535` · 11/8/2018 · EXPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Metalor Electrotechnics, USA
- **Location:** 1003 Corporate Lane, EXPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 15632
- **NAICS:** 331491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a mezzanine to start to dismantle it. He was in the process of moving a piece of plywood that had been installed to cover an opening in the mezzanine where an exhaust stack had been previously installed. While in the process of removing the plywood, he lost his footing and fell approximately 9 feet to the concrete floor below, suffering a fractured elbow and leg, as well as a cracked pelvis and hip.

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