# Bruises, contusions at Kerin Contractors Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024087835` · 8/24/2024 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kerin Contractors Inc
- **Location:** Howard University | College of Dentistry, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20059
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a scaffold and applying fabric to a lecture hall divider. The employee fell about 10 feet and sustained a back contusion. The employee was hospitalized.

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