# Fractures at General Glass & Window Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032212` · 3/9/2017 · JENSEN BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
## Employer
- **Name:** General Glass & Window Inc.
- **Location:** 3793 NE Ocean Blvd, JENSEN BEACH, FLORIDA, 34957
- **NAICS:** 238150
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee and a second employee were confirming measurements adjacent to an open stairwell that did not have the stairs installed yet. While looking at the blue prints and masonry wall to the north, the employee stepped to the east into the unprotected stairwell and fell approximately 11 fell to the ground below. The employee suffered a broken left scapula, fractured ribs on his left side and fractured vertebrae in his lower back.

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