# Fractures at American Scaffold, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087558` · 8/8/2017 · MAYPORT NAVAL STATION, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Scaffold, Inc.
- **Location:** USS Iwo Jima at Naval Station Mayport, MAYPORT NAVAL STATION, FLORIDA, 32228
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was entering a portable water tank to erect a scaffold when he fell through a hole in the platform about 10 to 15 feet to the tank's floor. He suffered a broken left leg, back injuries, and two head lacerations, requiring hospitalization.

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