# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Nucor Steel Arkansas
> OSHA SIR `20181212965` · 12/18/2018 · BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Steel Arkansas
- **Location:** 7301 East CR 142, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72315
- **NAICS:** 327910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking towards a ramp over a large pit. The employee missed the ramp and fell into the pit, landing on the floor approximately 30 feet below. The employee sustained a fractured skull, broken T-5 and T-7 vertebrae, a collapsed lung, and head trauma.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*