# Fractures at Agrex Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010908` · 1/31/2022 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Agrex Inc.
- **Location:** 11th ST Pier D, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36602
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were changing a fan motor on a platform. The employees removed the old motor and lowered it through an opening in the catwalk/platform that was approximately 4' x 4' using a chain hoist. They then hoisted up the new motor and were securing it into place. Employee 2 called employee 1 to look at the alignment of a series of pulleys to make sure it was correct. When Employee 1 stepped around the motor, they stepped into the opening in the platform. Employee 1  grabbed onto Employee 2 pulling him into the hole in the platform as well. Both employees fell approximately 12 feet to the platform below and employee 1 struck the old motor that had been removed. Both employees suffered broken bones, contusions, and abrasions. Employee 1 was
hospitalized for a broken pelvis.

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