# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Jose Cruz Construction LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211874` · 12/26/2024 · PARKER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Jose Cruz Construction LLC
- **Location:** 5859 santa cruz, PARKER, COLORADO, 80134
- **NAICS:** 238170
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing siding for a new construction single family home from an elevated working platform. He fell between the 14" gap between the platform decking and the wall of the house as he was walking up to the end of the scaffold. He fell 17 feet to the ground and sustained broken ribs and internal abdominal bleeding. The scaffold was not properly inspected.

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