# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Associated Constructors Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010204` · 1/9/2024 · SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Utility and tool belts
## Employer
- **Name:** Associated Constructors Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 401 S 2nd St, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, 62701
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a scissor lift, installing studs in a metal track in an elevator lobby area. His tool belt became caught and he fell backward, landing on the concrete floor 80 inches below and striking his head on lumber on the ground. He suffered a broken left hand, a head laceration, and inflammation around the spine.

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