# Fractures at R&J Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161010026` · 10/25/2016 · DOVER, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-improvised staging
## Employer
- **Name:** R&J Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** Leander Lakes, DOVER, DELAWARE, 19904
- **NAICS:** 238170
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were installing siding on the third floor of a stair landing from a makeshift scaffold. Both employee's fell approximately 30 feet to the ground when the scaffold failed. Employee 1 suffered a broken back and neck. Employee 2 suffered fractures to the pelvis, tailbone and lower back. Both employees were hospitalized.

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