# Fractures at International Matex Tank Terminals
> OSHA SIR `20241211457` · 12/11/2024 · BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** International Matex Tank Terminals
- **Location:** 250 E 22nd Street, BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY, 07002
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a detonation arrester on the upper level of a pier when they fell approximately 11 feet through an open steel grate to the lower level. The employee sustained a fractured bone in their foot and required surgery. Fall protection was not in place at the time of the fall.

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