# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
> OSHA SIR `2019033335` · 3/25/2019 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## 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 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
- **Location:** #1 Lockheed Martin Blvd., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76101
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the second level of an aircraft maintenance platform installing tags on equipment. The employee stepped on a hole cover and it gave way, allowing the employee to fall 9 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained head trauma, five fractured ribs, and a fractured L5 vertebra.

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