# Fractures at E and L Masonry
> OSHA SIR `2023087707` · 8/22/2023 · PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** E and L Masonry
- **Location:** 43269 Waterburg Way, PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA, 33982
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying masonry blocks in a house that was under construction. She bumped into a pallet of masonry blocks, causing her to lose balance and fall on a staircase. As she fell, a masonry block struck and fractured her left knee.

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