# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Mueller Lumber Company
> OSHA SIR `2016065872` · 6/27/2016 · PUKWANA, SOUTH DAKOTA
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
## Employer
- **Name:** Mueller Lumber Company
- **Location:** 25925 350th Avenue, PUKWANA, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57370
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving 2x4's into a single-family home under construction when he fell into a floor hole in the middle of the floor, breaking ribs, puncturing a lung, and fracturing neck vertebrae. The floor hole was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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