# Fractures at Environmental Construction Group
> OSHA SIR `20241110368` · 11/6/2024 · ALBION, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Humidifiers, dehumidifiers, vaporizers
- **Secondary source:** Saws  except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Environmental Construction Group
- **Location:** Kodak Building 38 5th Floor, ALBION, NEW YORK, 14411
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were removing the top of a dehumidification unit using reciprocating saws. One employee was cutting on top of the unit while the other cut below the top. The top gave way, and the employee on top fell about 8 feet, landing chest-first on the base of the unit. The employee suffered a broken wrist, broken ribs on the right side, and a broken sternum.

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