# Fractures at AMERICA'S FRAMING, INC
> OSHA SIR `2024053868` · 5/2/2024 · SOUTH FULTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Sheets, panels  wood, plywood, MDF
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICA'S FRAMING, INC
- **Location:** 840 Athena bend, SOUTH FULTON, GEORGIA, 30311
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 2, 2024, an employee was installing a staircase in the stairwell while standing on two wooden boards when a board broke and he fell backward 9 feet to the concrete floor. He sustained a fracture to his right tibia.

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