# Fractures at Penhall Company
> OSHA SIR `2021032183` · 3/12/2021 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Construction debris
## Employer
- **Name:** Penhall Company
- **Location:** 6203 E. Stassney Lane, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78744
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a basement, keeping the area secure while other employees drilled down from the floor above. The concrete core drilled out from the floor above fell down, struck the rim of the core-catching bucket, then fell about 15 feet further, striking the employee's hardhat and then the back of his head and neck. He suffered a laceration to the back of the head and a ruptured cervical disk.

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