# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at PAUL PRAINO CONSTRUCTION
> OSHA SIR `2025010867` · 1/27/2025 · PALMETTO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PAUL PRAINO CONSTRUCTION
- **Location:** 10059 Carter Road, PALMETTO, FLORIDA, 34221
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a scaffold conducting masonry work on an elevator shaft. He lost his balance while reaching for something and fell approximately 32 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured femur and hip, as well as a concussion.

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