# Fractures at Pernix Guam LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054773` · 5/30/2023 · TAMUNING, GUAM
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pernix Guam LLC
- **Location:** Anderson Air Force base, TAMUNING, GUAM, 96913
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going into a building to grab a tagline when they tripped over the cross bar of a scaffold and fell, resulting in a rib fracture.

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