# Fractures at EK Birken Masonry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098637` · 9/19/2023 · SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** EK Birken Masonry, Inc.
- **Location:** 985 State Route 206, SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, 32086
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a powered concrete trowel machine when he slipped on rebar and fell to the concrete floor. The employee sustained multiple rib fractures.

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