# Fractures at Boeing
> OSHA SIR `2017043456` · 4/17/2017 · RIDLEY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
## Employer
- **Name:** Boeing
- **Location:** Rt 291 & Stewart Ave, RIDLEY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, 19078
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was masking the aircraft windshield while standing on a portable work stand. The work stand rolled, causing the employee to fall approximately 50 inches to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured fibula and a fracture of the L2 vertebra.

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