# Fractures at Platform Cement Inc
> OSHA SIR `20241110260` · 11/4/2024 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Platform Cement Inc
- **Location:** 2049 Martin Luter King Dr, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44106
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was erecting formwork for a concrete wall from an aerial lift. The lift had mechanical issues and was parked. The employee climbed up from a 7-foot platform to a height of 16 feet and then anchored. The anchor failed and the employee fell 16 feet, resulting in a fractured hip, scrapes, and bruises. The employee was hospitalized.

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