# Fractures at LG BARCUS AND SONS
> OSHA SIR `2023087973` · 8/29/2023 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
- **Secondary source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** LG BARCUS AND SONS
- **Location:** Rock Island Bridge, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66102
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a bridge girder. He was swinging a sledgehammer when it got caught in the horizontal safety line and caused the employee to lose balance. He fell 16 feet to the dirt ground below, landing on his left side. He sustained a fractured L5 vertebra.

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