# Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c. at International Fire Protection, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109475` · 10/2/2017 · PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
- **Source:** Towers, poles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** International Fire Protection, Inc.
- **Location:** Plant Chrsit, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, 32514
- **NAICS:** 423850
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a walk board (placed on top of rafters), installing hangers for a sprinkler system inside a cooling tower. He was wearing a harness with a retractable lanyard at the time. As he was turning around to talk to his coworker, the walk board shifted and he fell about 6 to 8 feet, ultimately hanging by his harness about 40 feet above the base of the cooling tower. He was hospitalized with a laceration, soft tissue damage, and a blood clot to his left arm.

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