# Fractures at T.J. WIES CONTRACTING INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023043659` · 4/24/2023 · CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** T.J. WIES CONTRACTING INC.
- **Location:** 13190 South Outer Forty Rd, CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI, 63017
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a baker scaffold to install drywall on the top portion of an interior wall that separates the living room from the bedroom. As he went to place his right foot on the third rung, his foot slipped through the ladder section frame, causing him to fall backward 3.5 feet to the ground. The employee landed on his head/neck, resulting in a C2 vertebral fracture as well as a head contusion.

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