# Fractures at D&W PAINTING INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015041681` · 4/1/2015 · FORT HOOD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s) and arms(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** D&W PAINTING INC.
- **Location:** Rail Head Drive, FORT HOOD, TEXAS, 76544
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting the top of a doorframe while standing on stilts approximately 3 feet off of the ground. He turned to speak to another employee who had spoken to him; while doing so, he bumped his hard hat, causing him to slip and fall to the ground. He fractured his right arm and left elbow. He was hospitalized.

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