# Fractures at BARBIZON CHARLOTTE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20241010126` · 10/30/2024 · CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object tipping over
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BARBIZON CHARLOTTE, INC.
- **Location:** 1016 MCCLELLAND COURT, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, 28206
- **NAICS:** 335129
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

Employee 1 was in the basket of a 30-foot lift, working approximately 25 feet off the ground. Employee 2 was working as ground support and repositioning a hoist that was being used for a lighting fixture. During this move the lift started to tip over. Employee 2 then went to use his bodyweight to keep the lift from falling. The lift fell and struck employee 2's leg causing a fracture. Employee 1 was in the lift basket when it impacted a staircase and he hit his head. He sustained several injuries including a head contusion, a broken pelvic bone, broken ribs, a spinal injury, and a lower extremity injury. Both employees were hospitalized.

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