# Fractures at Dixie Construction Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065325` · 6/8/2020 · CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dixie Construction Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 610 Island Way, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33767
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was building a tubular scaffold to do a stucco repair on a condo. While the injured employee was receiving a scaffold frame, the employee that was handing the frame lost their grip on it, and the injured employee fell 15 ft. with the frame in hand. The injured employee sustained a compound fracture to the right leg and a laceration to the forehead.

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