# Fractures at WW Gay Mechanical Contractor, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211638` · 12/26/2023 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Crowbars
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** WW Gay Mechanical Contractor, Inc.
- **Location:** 9766 Jupiter Court South, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32246
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting a 5-foot pry bar into a precast concrete slab and stood on the end of the pry bar to move the slab into place. The pry bar slipped out causing the employee to fall backward 15.5 feet to the dirt ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg.

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