# Fractures at Econ Fire Protection, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043779` · 4/27/2017 · EAST POINT, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Existing floor opening
## Employer
- **Name:** Econ Fire Protection, Inc.
- **Location:** 3707 North Commerce drive, EAST POINT, GEORGIA, 30344
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing pipe from a scissor lift when one of the scissor lift's tires fell into a hole in the floor causing the lift to fall over and eject the employee. The employee sustained a broken back and a head injury.

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