# Fractures at EMB Quality Masonry LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016098574` · 9/10/2016 · JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Stone, marble, granite slabs
## Employer
- **Name:** EMB Quality Masonry LLC
- **Location:** 2500 North State Street, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, 39216
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a scaffold to set a stone in place. The stone panel slipped out of the synthetic webbing sling and struck the scaffold platform, causing the planks to separate. The employee fell through the scaffold about 35 feet, breaking his right leg and right ankle.

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