# Fractures at Gulf Marine Repair Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025043087` · 4/2/2025 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Marine Repair Corporation
- **Location:** 1800 Grant St, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33605
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing in the ballast tank of a barge while a 5-gallon bucket with tools inside was being lowered with a rope. A knot in the rope came loose, causing the bucket to fall and strike the employee's left arm. The employee sustained a radial fracture to the left arm.

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