# Fractures at INSULTECH LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016109746` · 10/17/2016 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ceilings, walls, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** INSULTECH LLC
- **Location:** 9601 Baptist Health Dr, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72205
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was measuring duct for insulation while standing on a sheet of plywood that had been laid across the beams of the ceiling. The end of the platform was extending over a beam, so when the employee stepped on the end of the plywood he fell approximately 8 feet. He fractured seven ribs and was hospitalized overnight.

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