# Fractures at Fortaleza Concrete, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016032260` · 3/14/2016 · MYSTIC, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fortaleza Concrete, LLC
- **Location:** 47 Clara Drive, MYSTIC, CONNECTICUT, 06355
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the nails securing two scaffolding planks together. A coworker had removed the support beam beneath the scaffold platform. When the employee removed the nail holding the two overlapping scaffold planks together, the planks collapsed, and the employee fell 8 feet to the concrete floor, face first. The employee suffered a broken right upper arm, broken cheek bones, and a broken nose.

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