# Fractures at Gulf Coast industrial Maintenance, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241010043` · 10/29/2024 · APOLLO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine platforms, surfaces
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Coast industrial Maintenance, LLC
- **Location:** TECO Plant at Big Bend, APOLLO BEACH, FLORIDA, 33572
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with a broken down conveyance system. As he was grabbing the strap to a metal grate that was being flown up to place in the hole, the grating he was standing on dislodged and pulled the employee through an open hole. The employee fell 20 feet to the ground and sustained a fractured foot.

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