# Fractures at Edgar Gerra
> OSHA SIR `2023109216` · 10/5/2023 · SPRING BRANCH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Edgar Gerra
- **Location:** 6125 Spring Branch Road, SPRING BRANCH, TEXAS, 78070
- **NAICS:** 238350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying scaffolding boards down from a higher level when he struck his head on a beam, lost balance, and fell approximately 4 feet to the top landing of a stairwell where the scaffolding was located, then rolled down the stairs approximately 5 feet below the top landing. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis, a laceration to his right palm, and bruising to the right side of his hip.

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