# Fractures at Mario Rivera
> OSHA SIR `2021021700` · 2/24/2021 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mario Rivera
- **Location:** 19220 Hwy 280, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35206
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 32 ft. scaffold. He stepped on a walk board and the walk board slipped, causing him to fall approximately 28 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized with a hairline fracture to vertebrae.

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