# Fractures at Alsco Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021043399` · 4/23/2021 · POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Power cords, electrical cords, extension cords
## Employer
- **Name:** Alsco Inc.
- **Location:** 2631 NW 17th Lane, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, 33064
- **NAICS:** 812332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a scissor lift near a hook conveyor belt system when a cord from the conveyor belt got stuck on a bolt of the scissor lift causing the lift to fall over. The employee fell from a height of 12 feet to the concrete floor below and sustained a fractured pelvis, broken ribs, an abrasion on a lung, and chipped vertebrae.

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