# Crushing injuries at Prairie Bros. Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098844` · 9/25/2023 · CLIFTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-improvised staging
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Prairie Bros. Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 575 E 4th Ave., CLIFTON, ILLINOIS, 60927
- **NAICS:** 238170
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing vinyl siding on a one-story garage from a plank supported between ladder jacks. The employee placed a 4-foot step ladder on the scaffold plank to install the last piece when they fell 10 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained a crush injury to the L2 vertebra.

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