# Fractures at McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043712` · 4/29/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** Project 002214, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77019
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Wooden stairs were being relocated and became entangled in adjacent netting. An employee climbed the stairs to untangle it and fell 3-4 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized with a fracture.

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