# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at DS CONSTRUCTION & BEYOND LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025010279` · 1/9/2025 · KENNESAW, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Porches, balconies, decks
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** DS CONSTRUCTION & BEYOND LLC
- **Location:** 2555 Cobb Pkwy NW, KENNESAW, GEORGIA, 30144
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing sheet rock to the ceiling of the fourth floor walkway. He fell from the edge of the balcony platform four stories (approximately 34 feet) to the pavement below. He was hospitalized for multiple neck and back injuries. A fall protection system was not in place at the time.

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