# Fractures at Truss Erection Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043994` · 4/25/2018 · LEANDER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s) and arms(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Truss Erection Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 460 W San Gabriel Parkway, LEANDER, TEXAS, 78641
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing metal trusses when he fell approximately 15 feet before he was caught by his harness' fall protection system. He landed on his feet and then fell to the ground, breaking an arm and elbow. He was hospitalized.

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