# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at DRYMALLA CONSTRUCTION INC
> OSHA SIR `2020043952` · 4/29/2020 · SMITHVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Structures, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DRYMALLA CONSTRUCTION INC
- **Location:** 800 Bishop St, SMITHVILLE, TEXAS, 78957
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking down the canopy over a walkway. When he stepped on a brace on the canopy, it gave way and he fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below. He suffered a fractured skull with intracranial bleeding and a T12 vertebra burst fracture.

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