# Fractures at ABB Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015010104` · 1/5/2015 · JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ABB Inc.
- **Location:** 500 W. Highway 94, JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, 65101
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee 1 and employee 2 were operating a welding robot in the fabrication department.  Employee 1 was loading a fin bank into the welding cell and was walking backwards into the welding cell while operating an overhead crane. Employee 1 stepped backwards into an open pit and fell approximately 8 feet. Employee 1 sustained the following injuries: fractured pelvis at both hip sockets, fractured ribs, fractured right elbow, fractured right shoulder.  Employee 1 is hospitalized at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.

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