# Fractures at ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `20201110879` · 11/17/2020 · GROTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION
- **Location:** 75 EASTERN POINT ROAD, GROTON, CONNECTICUT, 06340
- **NAICS:** 336612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to perform maintenance on a crane. While climbing down the crane's platform, the employee fell five feet resulting in fractured ribs.

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