# Fractures at SSW Erectors
> OSHA SIR `2019011171` · 1/31/2019 · LATHAM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SSW Erectors
- **Location:** 629 Columbia St. Ext., LATHAM, NEW YORK, 12110
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching rigging gear to steel joists during crane operations. When the load was lifted his foot was entangled in the tagline and the employee was lifted to a height of approximately eight feet. The employee freed himself and dropped to the ground fracturing his pelvis.

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