# Fractures at Advance Design & Construction
> OSHA SIR `2023010857` · 1/27/2023 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Advance Design & Construction
- **Location:** 15002 A Circle, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68144
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing oriented strand board (OSB) along the outer edge of a platform. He left to replace the battery in his cordless saw. When he returned, he stepped onto a piece of OSB and fell approximately 5 feet onto an exposed stair stringer. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured vertebrae in the neck.

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