# Fractures at Karsten Interior Service
> OSHA SIR `20231110597` · 11/16/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Karsten Interior Service
- **Location:** 6500 Main St, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77030
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting an interior lobby ceiling from a scaffold. As they were descending the scaffold, they slipped and fell approximately 12 feet to the floor below, resulting in a fractured vertebra.

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