# Fractures at Kern Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065705` · 6/18/2020 · HOLMES BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **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:** Kern Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 109 Aqua Lane, HOLMES BEACH, FLORIDA, 34217
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a screw while standing on a walk board when the walk board shifted, causing the employee to lose balance and fall 6 to 8 feet to the ground. The employee suffered lacerations to the head/face and fractures to the ribs and hand.

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