# Fractures at Glenn O Hawbaker Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024076762` · 7/25/2024 · PORTERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Suspended or hanging scaffolds or staging
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Glenn O Hawbaker Inc
- **Location:** 422 Bridge over Pleasent Valley Road, South Shore Exit, PORTERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16051
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 7/25/2024 an employee was on an overhang platform under a bridge deck. He walked down the platform to help another employee that was on top of the bridge. He then fell off the platform and onto the ground about 11 feet below, sustaining spinal fractures and head lacerations.

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