# Fractures at Shambaugh & Son, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2021032428` · 3/22/2021 · PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Shambaugh & Son, L.P.
- **Location:** 2000 E. Pecan Street, PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS, 78660
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a concrete stairway with wire rope guardrails. He began to fall and grabbed the guardrail, which gave way. He fell to the concrete floor about 15 feet below, suffering a left-side impact that caused an eye socket fracture and other fractures. He was hospitalized, requiring treatment including a rod in his back.

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