# Fractures at Red Hawk Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118291` · 11/4/2015 · CASTROVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Red Hawk Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** 1408 Alsace, CASTROVILLE, TEXAS, 78009
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was sitting at the edge of a large commercial dumpster with his feet inside of the receptacle.  The employee was attempting to reach for a piece of plywood, lost his balance, and fell backward, approximately 8 feet to the dirt ground below. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the neck.

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