# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at JAMES B. DONAGHEY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024010233` · 1/10/2024 · EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** JAMES B. DONAGHEY, INC.
- **Location:** Bldg. 424, EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA, 32542
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder cutting an overhead pipe in a mechanical room. The bracket holding the pipe broke and the pipe struck the employee's head, causing him to fall backward off the ladder and onto the floor. He was hospitalized with injuries to his head and back.

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