# Fractures at Bailey-Buchanan Masonry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015041684` · 4/1/2015 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bailey-Buchanan Masonry, Inc.
- **Location:** 3749 Hwy. 10, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77705
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed onto a scaffold to place his tools on the wall. He reached a section on the scaffolding where he needed to stretch to reach and removed the guarding at the end frame. When he went back to work in the area, he fell through the unguarded section, breaking his knee caps.

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