# Fractures at L. MESSER CONSTRUCTION, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2016042879` · 4/6/2016 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
## Employer
- **Name:** L. MESSER CONSTRUCTION, LLC.
- **Location:** 311 NE 96th St, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64155
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about April 6, 2016, an employee fell one story down detached stairs to a lower level. The stairs then fell on top of him, breaking his vertebrae.

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