# Fractures at Ready Mix Concrete Company
> OSHA SIR `2018010059` · 1/3/2018 · LAFAYETTE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Ready Mix Concrete Company
- **Location:** 1195 Rockcreek Court, LAFAYETTE, COLORADO, 80026
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a catwalk attempting to close a hatch near a shroud that was releasing concrete. The employee stepped from the catwalk to the shroud and was about to tie off a safety harness and lanyard when two bolts on the front of the shroud failed and the employee fell to the ground. The employee suffered right elbow and lower lumbar fractures, requiring hospitalization.

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