# Fractures at Janus Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018054758` · 5/16/2018 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## 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:** Building materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Janus Corporation
- **Location:** Naval Base Coronado, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92135
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working in a scissor lift to remove beams and a canopy when a beam sheared off and fell, striking and fracturing his back.

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