# Fractures at Pierson Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021751` · 2/24/2023 · COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Pierson Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 E Broadway, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, 65201
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a semi flatbed using a prybar to unload structural steel beams. The prybar slipped, causing the employee to lose his footing and fall off the bed to ground. The employee sustained left arm and elbow fractures as well as bilateral wrist fractures.

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