# Fractures at Carreon Drywall
> OSHA SIR `2017065462` · 6/14/2017 · INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-improvised staging
## Employer
- **Name:** Carreon Drywall
- **Location:** 9725 E. Westport, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, 64052
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a stairwell to conduct drywall finishing. The employee placed one end of a plank on the landing and the other end in the rung of an extension ladder and climbed onto the plank. The employee then fell 16 feet to the ground, fracturing the left heel and lumbar spine.

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