# Fractures at Siler Excavating, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016043113` · 4/14/2016 · CLAIRFIELD, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Bridges, dams, locks
## Employer
- **Name:** Siler Excavating, LLC
- **Location:** 12417 Buffalo Rd., CLAIRFIELD, TENNESSEE, 37715
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting bridge-cleaning activities and was walking on the 5' 6"-high wood bridge with 14" rails. The employee took a step back, tripped on the rail, and lost balance. The employee fell back off the bridge and suffered neck fractures.

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