# Fractures at TDIndustries
> OSHA SIR `2016065569` · 6/22/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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:** Elevator shafts
## Employer
- **Name:** TDIndustries
- **Location:** 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77010
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shutting down a riser pipe to a fire sprinkler system in a section of a building. After performing the shutdown, he went through a set of double doors and onto a small walkway that led to the mechanical room of the elevator. The elevator's floor had been removed as a result of a construction project, and the employee fell approximately 80 feet down the shaft. He suffered spinal fractures, leg fractures, and a broken arm.

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