# Fractures at Express Insulation Inc
> OSHA SIR `20241211435` · 12/10/2024 · MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Self-supporting scaffolds or staging
- **Secondary source:** Constructed surface irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** Express Insulation Inc
- **Location:** 339 Boston Post Rd. E., MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, 01752
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a mobile scaffold when its wheel caught on a depression in the floor. The scaffold toppled over and the employee fell, suffering fractures to their ribs and shoulder as well as head injuries.

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