# Fractures at Con-Tech Insulation, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241110450` · 11/8/2024 · EUREKA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Con-Tech Insulation, LLC
- **Location:** 366 W 4th St., EUREKA, MISSOURI, 63025
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a work platform approximately 20 feet high installing batt insulation. As he was climbing down using the step on the platform, it tipped forward causing the employee to fall backward and land on his wrist. The employee was hospitalized for an open fracture of the left wrist.

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