# Fractures at Kay Builders, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022109138` · 10/19/2022 · PERKASIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, crushed stone
## Employer
- **Name:** Kay Builders, Inc.
- **Location:** 59 Independence Court, PERKASIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18944
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished installing foam insulation on a foundation wall. He was climbing out of the foundation area and placed one leg on top of the 3-foot foundation wall when his other foot (still on the ground) slipped on stones causing him to fall backward to the ground. He was hospitalized with a broken L2 vertebra.

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