# Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at Fleming Construction Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015021172` · 2/5/2015 · METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Sewers, manholes, storm drains
- **Secondary source:** Manhole and cistern covers
## Employer
- **Name:** Fleming Construction Company, LLC
- **Location:** Jefferson Parish Sewer Lift Station, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70006
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was attempting to pull a ladder out of a manhole at a sewer lift station. The manhole hatch cover fell on the employee and knocked him down the hole. Employee fell approximately 20 feet to the ground below.

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