# Fractures at Austin Sales and Scaffold
> OSHA SIR `2016076772` · 7/25/2016 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Austin Sales and Scaffold
- **Location:** 4527 North Lamar Blvd, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78751
- **NAICS:** 532299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a 15-foot scaffold with zip ties and was bent over conducting work. When the employee raised up from working with the zip ties, the employee suddenly passed out and hit the floor of the scaffold. The employee then rolled off and fell 15 feet to the ground, fracturing ribs.

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