# Fractures at Carpenter Contractors of America Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241211111` · 12/2/2024 · PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Suspended or hanging scaffolds or staging
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Carpenter Contractors of America Inc.
- **Location:** 44500 Webbs Reserve Blvd, PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA, 33982
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a wall walker scaffold when it broke. The employee fell to the ground and sustained a fractured vertebra.

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