# Fractures at Lamar Texas Limited Partnership
> OSHA SIR `2024032585` · 3/22/2024 · WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Catwalks
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Lamar Texas Limited Partnership
- **Location:** I 70E North side of East Tunnels, WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, 26003
- **NAICS:** 541850
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were working from a billboard sign catwalk. The catwalk broke and both employees fell. One, hanging from his harness, suffered a broken arm. The other employee's harness broke and he fell to the ground, suffering a lower back fracture. Both employees were hospitalized.

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