# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Wayne Walch Drywall, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076080` · 7/7/2016 · SMITHVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wayne Walch Drywall, Inc.
- **Location:** 504 Pine St, SMITHVILLE, TEXAS, 78957
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a ladder installed on the top of a scaffolding system when the ladder and scaffolding pushed away from the wall, causing the employee to fall approximately 20 feet. The employee suffered a broken neck and a concussion.

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