# Fractures at Jimmy Garner
> OSHA SIR `2016056948` · 5/1/2016 · TIKI ISLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
## Employer
- **Name:** Jimmy Garner
- **Location:** 433 Jeanie Lynn Circle, TIKI ISLAND, TEXAS, 77554
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were installing siding on a residential home from a wooden pole scaffold equipped with a metal panel platform. The scaffold collapsed. Both employees were hospitalized. One employee suffered a fractured forearm. The second employee suffered a severe spinal injury.

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