# Fractures at Florez Concrete 1 LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241110615` · 11/14/2024 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## 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:** Trusses, girders, beams structurally attached
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Florez Concrete 1 LLC
- **Location:** 500 Clinton Ave W, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35806
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was approximately 20 feet high, removing aluminum beams from a shoring system. The employee was wearing a full-body harness and a retractable lanyard, which was looped around a yellow cross beam. As he unbolted and slid the aluminum beam across the yellow cross beam beneath it, the yellow beam began to fall. The employee fell to the ground, resulting in a broken arm and broken ribs.

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