# Fractures at Western Builders of Amarillo, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022119662` · 11/3/2022 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Builders of Amarillo, Inc
- **Location:** 1308 Boston Ave, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79409
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a concrete column 10 feet from the ground. As the employee began to tie-off and reposition, he stepped backward and fell onto the concrete below. The employee sustained three lumbar vertebrae fractures and a fractured sternum.

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