# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at 31-W Insulation Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010714` · 1/23/2024 · NORTHPORT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Trusses, girders, beams structurally attached
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** 31-W Insulation Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 4313 Northwood Estates Dr, NORTHPORT, ALABAMA, 35473
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a rafter in an attic installing attic rulers when they slipped and fell approximately 9 feet through the sheetrock to the floor below. The employee suffered a crush injury to the L6 and L7 vertebrae.

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