# Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries at Blackwater Technical Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022109442` · 10/27/2022 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Glass building materials
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Blackwater Technical Services Inc.
- **Location:** 7431 West Port Place, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33413
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the straps for three glass panels that were on a wooden rack when the panels shifted and fell onto him, knocking him onto the ground. The employee sustained crushing injuries to his hip/pelvis, a femur fracture, and internal injuries.

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