# Fractures at TranSouth Industrial Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109209` · 10/2/2024 · GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Catwalks
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TranSouth Industrial Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 3500 Lake Guntersville Park Dr, GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35976
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a catwalk to assist with the installation of electrical equipment when the grating shifted and he fell about 11 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his hip, pelvis, and ribs.

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