# Fractures at Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032178` · 3/8/2017 · BISHOP, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc.
- **Location:** 1070 CR 55, BISHOP, TEXAS, 78343
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were removing a plywood cover over the vault for a pad mount transformer. One employee stepped forward while lifting and fell into the 3-foot deep hole. The employee sustained a fractured mandible, broken teeth and lacerations to his face.

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