# Fractures at Patriot Erectors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022108828` · 10/7/2022 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Patriot Erectors, Inc.
- **Location:** 13101 Tesla Road, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78725
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working below the area of someone working in a scissor lift. A magnetic drill fell and landed on the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured C7 vertebra.

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