# Fractures at Flawless Steel Welding
> OSHA SIR `20161211989` · 12/29/2016 · JOHNSTOWN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Flawless Steel Welding
- **Location:** 4824 Thompson Parkway, JOHNSTOWN, COLORADO, 80534
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing decking and transferring from a static fall protection line. The employee disconnected from one anchor and was trying to reattach to another when the employee fell 15 feet to the ground, suffering a broken wrist and requiring hospitalization.

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