# Concussions at Winco Masonry LP
> OSHA SIR `2025043499` · 4/15/2025 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Self-supporting scaffolds or staging
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Winco Masonry LP
- **Location:** 200 Seawold Pkwy, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77554
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were erecting a hydraulic mast climber scaffold with an eight-foot extension work platform. They erected it to the maximum height of 30 feet and were lowering the scaffold to install ties. While lowering the scaffold, there was a malfunction and one of the sides of the scaffold did not catch, causing it to come down quickly. A safety mechanism caused it to catch, but the force caused the other tower to tip over. The employees were ejected from the platform but were tied off to the guardrails/hoists above them using self-retracting lanyards. Employee 1 was hospitalized with bruises, lacerations, and a concussion. Employee 2 was hospitalized with bruising, facial lacerations, and a shoulder injury.

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