# Fractures at Birdwell Serv-Con Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098989` · 9/28/2023 · SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Lamp posts, street lights
## Employer
- **Name:** Birdwell Serv-Con Inc.
- **Location:** Imperial Oaks Drive, SPRING, TEXAS, 77373
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a light on a 20-foot metal pole. The pole broke at the bottom, which caused the employee to fall approximately 20 feet down the ladder to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the right heel and a vertebra.

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