# Fractures at Read Young Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054392` · 5/17/2023 · NAMPA, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Read Young Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 849 Rising Sun Drive, NAMPA, IDAHO, 83687
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two welders were adjusting steel columns at the base plate when the tack welds holding up a 6 x 4 x 3/8-inch crossbeam failed. The beam fell 11 feet and struck the injured employee in the left rib area. The employee was hospitalized for T5-T7 vertebral fractures, fluid in the lungs, rib fractures, and bruising and contusions.

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