# Fractures at Start 2 Finish Construction Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065664` · 6/25/2024 · TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Guardrails, road dividers or barriers
- **Secondary source:** Excavators
## Employer
- **Name:** Start 2 Finish Construction Inc.
- **Location:** 200 E. Gaines Street, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, 32301
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing debris and preparing an area for the installation of railing. The hydraulics on the excavator failed, causing the guardrailing to fall. He was sitting on the ground when a piece of railing fell and struck his back, causing fractures to his vertebrae.

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