# Fractures at New Heights Painting Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019022082` · 2/25/2019 · STUART, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** New Heights Painting Inc.
- **Location:** 315 SW Ocean Boulevard, STUART, FLORIDA, 34994
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting from a bakers scaffold. The scaffold shifted and the employee fell approximately 6 feet to the floor below fracturing their lower back.

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