# Fractures at GMM Pfaudler U.S Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024032317` · 3/14/2024 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** GMM Pfaudler U.S Inc
- **Location:** 1000 WEST AVENUE, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14611
- **NAICS:** 333298
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on an elevated, unsecured platform to assist with the rigging and removal of a vessel from a work area when the platform tipped and they fell to the concrete floor, fracturing their pelvis and elbow.

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