# Fractures at AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE CO (ACIPCO)
> OSHA SIR `2024065249` · 6/13/2024 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE CO (ACIPCO)
- **Location:** 2916 16Th St N, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35207
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking across a metal grate while palletizing pipe as it was coming from the production line. A steel grate (walking surface) failed and the employee fell approximately 6.5 feet to a lower level and sustained a fractured right arm.

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