# Fractures at Swiss Farm Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088928` · 8/29/2018 · NORRISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Sidewalks, paths, outdoor walkways, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Swiss Farm Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 220 West Main Street, NORRISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19401
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a scaffold, spray-painting the awning of a building. The scaffold began to roll; the employee fell from it to the sidewalk 8 feet below, landing on his back and suffering two broken wrist bones and a broken pelvis.

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