# Fractures at Duncan Machinery Movers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021047` · 2/7/2021 · MADISON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Duncan Machinery Movers, Inc.
- **Location:** 26999 Old Madison Hwy 20, MADISON, ALABAMA, 35756
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing round duct in a clean room ceiling. When he placed his knees on an access hatch door, the latches gave way and the employee fell approximately 10 feet through the opening to the metal floor below. The employee sustained fractured legs and a fractured left shoulder and was hospitalized.

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