# Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders  unspecified at J.D. Eckman Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054254` · 5/14/2024 · ROARING BROOK TWP, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Beams and rails  metal
## Employer
- **Name:** J.D. Eckman Inc.
- **Location:** Route 84 and 380 Split (Bridge), ROARING BROOK TWP, PENNSYLVANIA, 18444
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A welder was working from the basket of an articulating boom lift to cut (weld) a bridge girder. The girder fell into the lift basket and pulled down the lift with the employee in the basket. The employee sustained a spinal injury and broken ribs and was hospitalized.

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