# Fractures at Atlas Industrial Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2024032229` · 3/12/2024 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Conveyors  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Atlas Industrial Contractors
- **Location:** 1190 Joyce Avenue, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43219
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 12, 2024, at 2:00 p.m., an employee was pulling wires through a ceiling-mounted conduit while standing on top of a conveyor system. The employee fell into a trash chute approximately 20 feet to another conveyor with a belt, resulting in an L2 spinal fracture requiring surgery. The employee was wearing a harness but was not tied off at the time of the incident.

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