# Fractures at Martin Property Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023076700` · 7/25/2023 · STUART, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Martin Property Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 3535 SW Kanner Hwy, STUART, FLORIDA, 34994
- **NAICS:** 236116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inflating a balloon plug when the balloon burst and the employee was thrown 10 feet from a concrete structure to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to the ribs, and cervical and lumbar vertebrae.

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