# Fractures at Austin Bridge & Road Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024042936` · 4/3/2024 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Austin Bridge & Road Inc
- **Location:** 410 Project, 440 Pinn Road, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78227
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee entered into an aerial lift with another worker in order to perform capital form work for an overpass bridge. The employee stepped out of the aerial lift basket and onto the wooden scaffold platform. The worker fell through the platform's walking surface and onto the ground approximately 20 feet below. The employee 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*