# Fractures at PROFESSIONAL BRUSH WORKS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022087697` · 8/29/2022 · BETHEL, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **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:** PROFESSIONAL BRUSH WORKS, INC.
- **Location:** 589 Perry Rd, BETHEL, NEW YORK, 12720
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were working from a bakers scaffold approximately 15 feet above the ground while prepping an area to paint when they fell from the scaffold to the ground below. One employee suffered a broken back and the other employee suffered brain swelling.

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