# Fractures at Irby Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `20231211081` · 12/4/2023 · TAFT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Irby Construction Company
- **Location:** GPS Coordinates: 28.006522, -97.388673, TAFT, TEXAS, 78390
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the back of a boom truck helping the crew position a steel tower with a rope. As the employee was using the rope to guide the tower, the rope broke, causing them to lose balance and fall to the ground. The employee sustained a pelvic fracture and was hospitalized.

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