An Ypsilanti Township man was hospitalized this morning after a section of railing on his second-floor apartment balcony gave way and he fell 10 feet to the ground, residents and an apartment complex manager said.

Resident Connie Pickens said the man was was bleeding from the nose and could hardly move after the 11:30 a.m. accident at Bryn Mawr Apartments on South Grove Road.

"He was just kind of moaning and couldn't move his legs and couldn't get up," she said. "We are all praying for him. I just want him to get better."

Ypsilanti Township Building Director Ron Fulton was at the complex this afternoon and said he is investigating.

Meanwhile, the complex's senior resident manager, Brenda Roszkowski, said all of the metal railings in the 112-unit complex will be inspected today.

Decks have already been replaced on the vast majority of the units, and she learned today plans were underway to replace the railings, she said.

Roszkowski didn't know when the railing that gave way was installed, but said the railings have been there for the eight years she's worked at the complex.

The man was reportedly injured as he was shaking out a rug, she said.

A roughly 4-foot section of railing - one end of which attaches to a brick wall - gave way, she said. Two other sections of the railing remained intact.

Yellow caution tape was strung across the area where the railing gave way. And a small rug could be seen on the grass outside Building 600.

On occasion, a welder is called to repair one of the railings at the complex, Roszkowski said. "That resident specifically has not reported that there was a problem with the railing," she said.

The man who was injured works as a barber in the area and has lived at the complex for more than a year, Roszkowski said.

"We are very sorry about this," she said. "I don't want to ever see this happen again."

Lee Higgins is a reporter for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at (734) 623-2527 and leehiggins@annarbor.com.