# Fractures at C.V. Lath & Plastering
> OSHA SIR `2016065251` · 6/14/2016 · LAREDO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** C.V. Lath & Plastering
- **Location:** 3402 E. Del Mar Blvd., LAREDO, TEXAS, 78040
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were applying stucco from a scaffold to the exterior of a building. When the employee and his coworker stepped off the scaffold onto a canopy awning, the canopy came off, causing them to fall. The employee suffered a broken left ankle and tailbone, requiring hospitalization.

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