# Fractures at FRITO-LAY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023043319` · 4/14/2023 · KATHLEEN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** FRITO-LAY, INC.
- **Location:** 1200 HWY 247 SOUTH, KATHLEEN, GEORGIA, 31047
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing steel grating from warehouse racking when he fell approximately 18 feet through an opening near a piece of unsecured steel grating to the ground. The steel grating struck him during the fall, resulting in head and lumbar fractures. The employee's fall protection was tied off to the steel grating.

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