# Fractures at Miller and Long Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043763` · 4/11/2019 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller and Long Company Inc.
- **Location:** 220 Massachusetts Ave NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20001
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a disassembled section of scaffolding frame, which was lying flat on the ground connected to a second frame. The second frame was hit with a hammer to dislodge it from the first, and the employee lost his balance and fell backwards. His right jaw and head area struck an I-beam and his jaw was fractured.

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