# Fractures at NAVAL WEAPONS STATION
> OSHA SIR `2019010831` · 1/23/2019 · YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NAVAL WEAPONS STATION
- **Location:** BUILDING 6 GATE 1 SHOPS ROAD, YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA, 23691
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

During a towing and recovery task, two employees were unchaining a forklift from a heavy duty rollback. One of them fell from the deck to the ground about 4 feet below, suffering fractures to the ribs and hip. He was found unresponsive, apparently not breathing, and blue in the face.

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