# Fractures at Nine Ships Company
> OSHA SIR `2023054716` · 5/26/2023 · FAIRVIEW, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Nine Ships Company
- **Location:** McCray Road, FAIRVIEW, PENNSYLVANIA, 16415
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting studs to the ceiling when he stepped through a studded wall into the opening of a stairwell without flooring. The employee fell approximately 10 feet to the basement floor and sustained a right humerus fracture that required surgery.

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