# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at SHEET METAL CONTRACTORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024076558` · 7/18/2024 · SAINT CLAIR, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Structures and surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SHEET METAL CONTRACTORS, INC.
- **Location:** 1044 High School Dr, SAINT CLAIR, MISSOURI, 63077
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a canopy on top of a school walkway and working to remove wood and install metal. He had been cutting wood boards while standing on the awning that was approximately 9 feet high. The wood planks attached to the north side of the walkway broke loose while the employee was standing on them and he fell to the ground with the boards falling on top of him. The employee hit his head and sustained a concussion, lacerations, and fractures to their L3-L4 vertebrae and ribs, as well as a dislocated shoulder.

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