# Fractures at International Conveyor & Rubber
> OSHA SIR `20161111104` · 11/29/2016 · DRAKESBORO, KENTUCKY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Catwalks
## Employer
- **Name:** International Conveyor & Rubber
- **Location:** 132246 State Rt. 176, DRAKESBORO, KENTUCKY, 42337
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was laying on an inclined catwalk 30 feet above the ground to observe repair work on a beltline conveyor system below. As he positioned himself to stand up, he fell through the mid-rail and toe board of the catwalk, hitting the belt and the ground. He suffered three fractures to the right arm, multiple fractures to the right ribs, bruised lungs, and a bruised right kidney.

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