# Fractures at Offshore Specialty Fabricators
> OSHA SIR `2015021187` · 2/6/2015 · HOUMA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Cranes-floating, barge mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Offshore Specialty Fabricators
- **Location:** 115 Menard Rd., HOUMA, LOUISIANA, 70363
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an offshore barge and fell while trying to connect a hook to a lowered boom of a crane. The employee braced his fall with his hands, fracturing his right wrist. The employee was taken to the hospital by helicopter to receive treatment. A cast was placed on the employee's right wrist and he was kept overnight for observation.

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