# Fractures at G.V.W. Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010325` · 1/11/2023 · MIDDLETON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Coccygeal region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
## Employer
- **Name:** G.V.W. Inc.
- **Location:** 20 Manning Avenue, MIDDLETON, MASSACHUSETTS, 01949
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing a roof hatch when the handle on the hatch slipped off. The employee then lost his balance and fell to a cement stairwell deck below. He sustained a tailbone fracture.

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