# Fractures at Imms Industrial Coatings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021064820` · 6/14/2021 · ELKMONT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Catwalks
## Employer
- **Name:** Imms Industrial Coatings, Inc.
- **Location:** Limestone County Water Authority, ELKMONT, ALABAMA, 35620
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying materials across a roof. The employee slipped and fell through the roof to a catwalk 10 feet below, striking a valve wheel and the catwalk grating. The employee suffered fractures to the ribs and back, as well as a cut and bruises on the face.

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