# Fractures at PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING GROUP
> OSHA SIR `2024087735` · 8/22/2024 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Doors  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING GROUP
- **Location:** 743 Spring Street NE, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30501
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) lift through an open double doorway. The lift was in the down position and about 6-7 feet off the ground. The employee was crouching down as his hardhat struck against the door jamb, causing him to fall backward against the railing of the lift or the yoyo. The employee sustained four fractures to their lumbar vertebrae.

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