# Fractures at Milestone Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201212032` · 12/28/2020 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Milestone Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 2601 Victory Avenue, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75219
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were in a scissor lift while a 3,500-pound column was lifted into place to be welded. The column released from its chainfall and struck the scissor lift, tipping it over. One of the employees remained inside the lift while the second employee landed about 2 feet outside the lift. Both employees were hospitalized for fractures and sprains/strains. Both employees were wearing fall protection.

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