# Fractures at Pioneer Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065690` · 6/21/2017 · SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pioneer Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 109 Jefferson Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, 31401
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing wooden guardrails around a newly cut stairway opening with a coworker on the second floor when part of the floor collapsed. The employee fell approximately 10 feet to the first floor concrete flooring, fracturing the left shin and injuring the right knee and back.

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