# Fractures at Maxim Crane Works, L.P
> OSHA SIR `2025054195` · 5/5/2025 · WEST PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Cranes other mobile cranes
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Maxim Crane Works, L.P
- **Location:** 7900 Metropolis Lake Rd, WEST PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, 42086
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was outside assembling a 500-ton crane. The employee was connecting the rigging to the boom. He leaned forward to attach the lifting plate on the side of the boom and lost balance while bending over. He fell to the ground approximately 10 feet below, landing on his elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured elbow that required surgery.

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