# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Complete General Construction Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087999` · 8/28/2024 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Bridges, dams, locks
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Complete General Construction Co., Inc.
- **Location:** West of the intersection of Whittier Street and Front Street, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43215
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning broken-up concrete off a bridge deck. He stepped out on a wood deck that was supported by bridge hangers. The bridge hangers at this area of the deck failed and the deck fell. The employee fell 26 feet to the ground below the bridge. The employee sustained fractures to their C7, T5,and T6 vertebrae, and their right hip was dislocated.

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