# Fractures at Seaonus Stevedoring-Savannah LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018032895` · 3/25/2018 · SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on water vehicle
- **Source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Seaonus Stevedoring-Savannah LLC
- **Location:** 112 Marine Terminal Drive, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, 31404
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on coiled wire while removing strapping from other coiled wire inside the cargo hold of a vessel. As the employee was removing the strapping, he fell approximately 8 to 10 feet from the coiled wire he was standing on down onto the metal deck below. He sustained fractures to his lumbar spine.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*