# Fractures at Kline Van and Specialty Rental
> OSHA SIR `2021075729` · 7/13/2021 · BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Kline Van and Specialty Rental
- **Location:** 2925 Missouri 7, BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI, 64014
- **NAICS:** 336214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on scaffolding and was using a broom to push an air duct out of the way for a clear view of a pallet on pallet racking. While pushing the air duct, the broom gave way and bent in half, causing the employee to lose balance and fall forward. The employee fell from the scaffold, roughly 5 feet, to the floor and sustained 8 broken ribs, a broken scapula, and a laceration that required staples. The employee was hospitalized.

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