# Fractures and dislocations at American Industrial Plant Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023064917` · 6/4/2023 · GEISMAR, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Grates
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** American Industrial Plant Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 9154 Highway 75, GEISMAR, LOUISIANA, 70734
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding a tack on a tank when an arc flash occurred. The employee was leaving the area when a section of the grating of the steps on the tank fell on his back. He suffered a hip dislocation and partial fracture.

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