# Fractures at Almeda Genoa Constructors
> OSHA SIR `2020109533` · 10/7/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Walls
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Almeda Genoa Constructors
- **Location:** SH 288 freeway at Beltway 8 intersection, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77047
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While passing lumber forms that weighed 100 lbs., an employee tripped and fell approximately 8 feet off the leading edge of a retaining wall onto the concrete pavement. The employee sustained fractures to the T6 and T12 vertebrae with a tension band injury to the T11 vertebra.

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