# Fractures at Sands Drywall, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019022101` · 2/25/2019 · MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Power cords, electrical cords, extension cords
## Employer
- **Name:** Sands Drywall, Inc.
- **Location:** DSU Cyber Labs, MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57042
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taping drywall on stilts. The employee tripped on an electrical cord and fell to the ground, suffering a broken kneecap.

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