# Fractures at ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2024087330` · 8/9/2024 · GROTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
## Employer
- **Name:** ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION
- **Location:** 75 EASTERN POINT ROAD, GROTON, CONNECTICUT, 06340
- **NAICS:** 336612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 10:30 a.m. on August 9, 2024, an employee tripped over the T-handle of a storage handling cart, which was lying on the ground. The employee fell, suffered a broken left wrist and right arm, and was hospitalized.

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