# Fractures at Habitat for Humanity of Kanawha & Putnam
> OSHA SIR `2019076648` · 7/2/2019 · CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Habitat for Humanity of Kanawha & Putnam
- **Location:** 841 North Hills Dr, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25387
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee leaned out a doorway and fell 15 feet to the ground after the temporary safety railing failed. The employee was hospitalized for fractures to the hip, pelvis, ribs, and sternum as well as head lacerations.

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