# Fractures at BAM Contracting, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054211` · 5/10/2023 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Roof trusses, joists
- **Secondary source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
## Employer
- **Name:** BAM Contracting, LLC
- **Location:** Preservation Square, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63106
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was nailing a lath to set a truss when the nails came loose and the truss fell onto the employee. The employee sustained fractures to the wrist and knee as well as a head laceration.

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