# Fractures at RES America Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088474` · 8/16/2019 · RANKIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RES America Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 2371 W. US Highway 67, RANKIN, TEXAS, 79778
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After erecting and connecting a base to a mid tower section, employees were preparing to lower tools. An employee fell through a hatch (open so that tools could be lowered) to the concrete 60 feet below and suffered fractured ribs, a fracture to the T-12 vertebrae, a knee injury, and laceration to the back of the head.

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