# Fractures at Gonzalez Drywall
> OSHA SIR `2023031946` · 3/2/2023 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gonzalez Drywall
- **Location:** 706 Willow Dr., LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75602
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 2, 2023, an employee was installing sheetrock/drywall in the interior of a building while working from a rolling scaffold. The employee fell off the scaffold approximately 6 feet to the concrete ground below, resulting in fractures to both hands and abrasions on the forehead and nose. The employee was hospitalized.

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