# Fractures at Elster Meter Services
> OSHA SIR `2020054284` · 5/7/2020 · CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Elster Meter Services
- **Location:** 101 Old Mill Road, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30120
- **NAICS:** 561990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tripped and fell forward. Her left shoulder struck a stacked pallet of gas meters, and her left humerus was broken.

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