# Fractures at YANCEY BROS. CO.
> OSHA SIR `2023065319` · 6/16/2023 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** YANCEY BROS. CO.
- **Location:** 1673 Barber Road, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30507
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee brought two scissor lifts to a new construction warehouse, and was documenting the completion of delivery by taking pictures. The employee walked backward to get a wider angle and stepped off the loading dock, falling about 46 inches to the concrete ground outside the loading dock. The employee's right elbow was fractured.

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