# Fractures at Timberline General Contractors Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032820` · 3/28/2017 · MOKENA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Walls
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** Timberline General Contractors Inc.
- **Location:** 19040 Whisper Creek Way, MOKENA, ILLINOIS, 60448
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to erect a balloon wall when the metal tie down straps gave way, causing the balloon wall feet to kick out and the wall to fall on him. He suffered a fractured vertebra and was hospitalized.

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