# Fractures at KDM Service Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023043259` · 4/12/2023 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** KDM Service Corporation
- **Location:** 5720 12th Avenue East, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35405
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spotting for materials that were being raised to a platform. The employee was moving a box out of the way on the platform when they fell 12 feet to the concrete below. They sustained contusions and rib fractures.

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