# Fractures at Martin Docks, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087969` · 8/21/2020 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Raft, floating dock
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Martin Docks, Inc.
- **Location:** 2070 Dawsonville Hwy, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30501
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening bolts on the handrail system of a boat dock under construction. The employee fell from the dock's roof, landed on the construction platform, and then fell to the ground. The employee suffered contusions and lacerations to the head, neck, left arm, and left leg, as well as a wrist fracture that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

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