# Fractures at Eshbro Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017076951` · 7/25/2017 · WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
## Employer
- **Name:** Eshbro Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 4439 Governor Prince Blvd., WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19802
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was straddling a beam approximately 19 feet above the ground when he lost his balance while preparing to connect a beam being hoisted into place by a crane. He fell to the ground, striking dirt and the first course of cement block around the building's foundation. He fractured his nose and arm and was hospitalized overnight.

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