# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Flower City Masonry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021054276` · 5/26/2021 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Flower City Masonry, Inc.
- **Location:** 33 Gates Circle, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14209
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 5/26/2021, two employees were working from a scaffold platform that was supported by side arm brackets applying brick veneer at a construction site. The employees fell approximately 20 feet when a bracket became dislodged from the frame. The injured employee suffered a back injury. The second employee was able to grab hold of the scaffold to keep from falling.

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