# Fractures at LEXICON, INC
> OSHA SIR `20241110694` · 11/16/2024 · APPLE GROVE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** LEXICON, INC
- **Location:** The Work in Progress Building, APPLE GROVE, WEST VIRGINIA, 25502
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was assisting a crew to install a crane rail on an overhead crane girder. He was on the 40' x 10' grated surface between the crane rails positioning himself to receive the end of the crane rail. The crane rail was being pushed on rollers toward the employee's location and as he tried to pry the end of the crane rail up to get it on top of the next roller, he lost his balance and fell 36 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained fractures to their right ankle, pelvis, and left arm. The employee was wearing a personal fall arrest system, but was not tied off at the time.

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