# Fractures at Industrial Welding & Maintenance, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020021666` · 2/19/2020 · ALBANY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Catwalks
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Industrial Welding & Maintenance, LLC
- **Location:** 1600 North Jackson Street, ALBANY, GEORGIA, 31701
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a catwalk performing a fire watch for a welder when the catwalk collapsed during the weld. The employee fell 12 feet from the catwalk, sustaining a hairline fracture to his neck.

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