# Fractures at Jr and Sr Construction LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010016` · 1/2/2024 · EVANS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Jr and Sr Construction LLC
- **Location:** 3613 Kenai St., EVANS, COLORADO, 80620
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at the second-floor level of a home under construction moving a sheet of plywood. A rope became caught in a stair hole, causing the employee to lose balance and fall through the opening to the concrete floor. The employee suffered a spine fracture (at the lower back) and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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