# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Jorge Vazquez
> OSHA SIR `2018088005` · 8/6/2018 · BURNSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Jorge Vazquez
- **Location:** 87 CR 210, BURNSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 38833
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was laying standing seam metal roof decking when he stepped on insulation that was laid out underneath the metal decking and fell 30 feet through the insulation to the ground, landing on a crushed stone surface. He suffered a fractured left arm, fractured pelvis, and diaphragmatic hernia. A safety lanyard was not attached at the time of the incident.

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