# Fractures at MCINNIS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018088956` · 8/29/2018 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** MCINNIS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, INC.
- **Location:** 4156 Sherwood St., BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70805
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a raised platform, tightening a pipe with a pipe wrench. As he was pushing the wrench forward, the wrench slipped, which carried him forward and caused him to fall approximately 3 feet. He fractured his right femur. The platform did not have guardrails at the time of the incident.

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