# Fractures at Iriaquez Ironworks, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023032881` · 3/31/2023 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Iriaquez Ironworks, LLC
- **Location:** 2105 Parker Lane, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78704
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A steel column was being installed using a 30-ton crane. The column knocked over a scissor lift, causing its operator to fall 25 feet with the scissor lift and then be ejected from the basket. The employee landed on the ground about 5 feet away from the fallen basket and suffered a broken back.

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