# Fractures at Julio Hernandez Construction
> OSHA SIR `2019054718` · 5/9/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Julio Hernandez Construction
- **Location:** 2121 Allen Pkwy, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77019
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disassembling a scaffold and fell approximately 7 feet from the scaffold to the ground resulting in hospitalization for fractured ribs and an injury to the left side of his head.

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