# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at R&D Steel Erectors, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2017021471` · 2/14/2017 · GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Roof trusses, joists
## Employer
- **Name:** R&D Steel Erectors, LLC.
- **Location:** Santa Fe Park Avenue Shops, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32606
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was laying metal decking when his foot slipped on a bar joist, causing him to lose his balance and fall 17 feet to the ground. He suffered a fractured rib, fractured vertebrae, and a lacerated liver, requiring hospitalization.

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