# Fractures at Marek Brothers Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010531` · 1/17/2023 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Screws
## Employer
- **Name:** Marek Brothers Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 816 Congress Avenue, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78701
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying a piece of metal while wearing 36-inch stilts when they slipped on a framing screw and fell, fracturing their kneecap.

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