# Fractures at JB James Construction LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054527` · 5/22/2023 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** JB James Construction LLC
- **Location:** 111 Freestate Blvd., SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71101
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bracing an extension ladder while his coworker installed a 10-foot, 40-45-pound pipe. The pipe fell onto the injured employee's head and he sustained a hematoma, C3 and C4 vertebral fractures and a forehead laceration.

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