# Fractures at Gulf State recovery service, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021097847` · 9/13/2021 · LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf State recovery service, LLC
- **Location:** Fairview Elementary School, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70607
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a 2' x 6' platform that was on a forklift, lifted to approximately 10 to 12 feet above the ground. The employee took a step to his left and the platform tilted. The employee fell to the ground and sustained two broken wrists and a fractured pelvis.

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