# Fractures at W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043475` · 4/14/2025 · CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Catwalks
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- **Location:** 595 Morgan St., CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, 08101
- **NAICS:** 334510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting another employee to identify equipment on the lower level of the catwalk. His back was to the ladder opening. When he turned around, he stepped into the opening for the catwalk ladder. The employee's right arm struck the catwalk as he fell through the ladder opening, resulting in a fractured wrist.

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