# Fractures at Quitman Pellets
> OSHA SIR `20241110708` · 11/17/2024 · QUITMAN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Skylights or other existing roof openings
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Quitman Pellets
- **Location:** 252 Hickory Street, QUITMAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39355
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing repair work on an airlock when he stepped on a fiberglass skylight and fell through, landing on the facility's concrete floor. The employee's ankle, ribs, pelvis, and skull were fractured.

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