# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Safespan Platform Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087955` · 8/29/2023 · WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Safespan Platform Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Mixmaster Bridge - Waterbury CT, WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, 06708
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismantling a temporary work platform. He turned around to retrieve a hand tool and fell approximately 15 feet from the platform to the ground below. The employee sustained injury to his back, bruising to his ribs, and a laceration to his left bicep.

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