# Fractures at Rod Bros Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021043407` · 4/24/2021 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Rod Bros Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** Alamite Tribute Hotel Construction Site, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a crank-up scaffold, working to dismantle it and lower it to the ground. He fell to the ground 15 feet below, hitting a board lying there and suffering a broken neck.

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