# Fractures at The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island
> OSHA SIR `2024031998` · 3/5/2024 · AMELIA ISLAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Catwalks
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island
- **Location:** 4750 Amelia Island Parkway, AMELIA ISLAND, FLORIDA, 32034
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing air filters in a ceiling air handler unit while standing on a catwalk. When they opened the hatch, they fell approximately 12 feet to the concrete floor, fracturing their neck.

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