# Fractures at Western Sugar Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2016087182` · 8/3/2016 · SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Sugar Cooperative
- **Location:** 2100 E Overland, SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA, 69361
- **NAICS:** 311313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While working on a piece of equipment, an employee fell through a second-story hole in the floor to the concrete below, suffering a skull/facial fracture.

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