# Fractures at Day & Zimmerman
> OSHA SIR `2020109744` · 10/13/2020 · LA GRANGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-improvised staging
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Day & Zimmerman
- **Location:** 6549 Powerplant Road, LA GRANGE, TEXAS, 78945
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to conduct welding on a row of U-shaped piping. He was walking on a plank board placed in the saddle of the "U" when the board flipped. He fell about 10 feet to the ground below, suffering fractures to the back and neck.

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