# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Palacios Marine & Industrial Coating Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191111694` · 11/11/2019 · POINT COMFORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Palacios Marine & Industrial Coating Inc.
- **Location:** 201 Formosa Drive, POINT COMFORT, TEXAS, 77978
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was erecting a scaffold when a plank board he was standing on broke. He fell 6 feet, suffering injuries to the left knee and right ankle.

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