# Fractures at Rolling Plains Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018044002` · 4/25/2018 · AURORA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rolling Plains Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 6700 N Gaylord Rockies Blvd, AURORA, COLORADO, 80019
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While covering vent systems with plastic, an employee stepped onto a hole cover for a vent shaft and the cover gave way. The employee then fell from the 16th floor to the 5th floor in the vent shaft, fracturing both ankles and three vertebrae and suffering several lacerations.

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