# Fractures at Heitkamp Masonry
> OSHA SIR `2024076786` · 7/26/2024 · OSAGE BEACH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Heitkamp Masonry
- **Location:** 4670 Osage Beach Parkway, OSAGE BEACH, MISSOURI, 65065
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing handrails on a scaffold and fell 8 feet from the working deck of the scaffold to the ground. The employee fractured ribs.

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