# Fractures at Bristol Environmental, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018076781` · 7/6/2018 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bristol Environmental, Inc.
- **Location:** 4020 Kidron Rd # 14, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33811
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a Baker scaffold, cutting a steel ceiling joist. Part of the joist fell, striking the scaffold; the employee lost his balance and fell 4 feet to the floor, breaking his right ankle.

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