# Fractures at EHC Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018076967` · 7/11/2018 · DEKALB, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** EHC Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** NIU Holmes Student Center, DEKALB, ILLINOIS, 60115
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 11, 2018, an employee was working from a mobile scaffold, about 12 feet above a concrete floor, to remove asbestos. He fell to the floor, fracturing his wrist and hip. The scaffold's guardrails had been removed at the time of the incident.

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