# Fractures at South Florida Container Terminal, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211486` · 12/11/2024 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Catwalks
- **Secondary source:** Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** South Florida Container Terminal, LLC
- **Location:** 2650 Port Boulevard, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33132
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the catwalk on the forward side of a bay watching the discharge of containers from another bay. The employee fell through an open manhole on the catwalk and fractured their T9 vertebra.

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