# Fractures at Austin Bridge & Road, LP
> OSHA SIR `20231211115` · 12/5/2023 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Austin Bridge & Road, LP
- **Location:** 440 Pinn Rd., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78227
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee and a co-worker were removing the bolts supporting a section of formwork. As the injured employee went to access the top of the formwork, they fell through the formwork. The employee fell 20 feet to the ground and sustained broken vertebrae and multiple contusions.

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