# Fractures at FEDERAL MARINE TERMINALS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020032057` · 3/3/2020 · PALMETTO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on water vehicle
- **Source:** Water vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FEDERAL MARINE TERMINALS, INC.
- **Location:** 600 TAMPA BAY WAY, PALMETTO, FLORIDA, 34221
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing container deck shoes while containers were being discharged. He walked to the side of the hatch lid to get out of the swing radius of the crane. The employee then turned and stepped off the hatch lid. He fell and sustained a closed skull fracture.

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