# Fractures at U.S. Department of the Air Force - Robins Air Force Base
> OSHA SIR `20191011383` · 10/31/2019 · ROBINS A F B, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Machine platforms
- **Secondary source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of the Air Force - Robins Air Force Base
- **Location:** 78 ABW/SEG Bldg 2336, ROBINS A F B, GEORGIA, 31098
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell 43 inches from a crane platform while removing a pin from the boom. The pin weighs about 50 lbs. and the employee lost his balance and fell to the concrete floor, hitting his head. He suffered two fractured vertebrae in the back and one fractured vertebra in the neck.

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