# Fractures at AC Construction
> OSHA SIR `20171212137` · 12/21/2017 · OAK GROVE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AC Construction
- **Location:** 36505 Chruch Road, OAK GROVE, MISSOURI, 64075
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While installing a soffit on the bottom of a roof, an employee walked backwards off the work platform and fell 15 feet to the ground, suffering a broken wrist and possible rib fractures.

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