# Fractures at KAP Contracting Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031484` · 3/25/2015 · SMYRNA, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** KAP Contracting Co., Inc.
- **Location:** Smyna Leipsic Road, SMYRNA, DELAWARE, 19977
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 8:10 p.m., on 3/25/15, an employee fell 20 to 30 feet from an articulating boom bucket to the ground. The employee was tightening bolts for mast arms on traffic signal lights when the clip tie-off point broke and the employee fell. The employee sustained cracked lumbar vertebrae and head lacerations.

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