# Fractures at S.S. Smith and Sons Masonry Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181112167` · 11/28/2018 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** S.S. Smith and Sons Masonry Inc.
- **Location:** 101 Baldwin Blvd., CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78404
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismantling a scaffold at ground level. A scaffold leg component fell over and struck the employee on the thigh, causing a femur fracture.

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