# Fractures at Elements Restoration
> OSHA SIR `2017087492` · 8/7/2017 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Skylights
- **Secondary source:** Roof trusses, joists
## Employer
- **Name:** Elements Restoration
- **Location:** 8412 Rio Bravo Ct., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33617
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a skylight from a roof when the wood truss supporting the skylight collapsed. The employee fell 20 to 30 feet through the opening and landed on the plywood that was covering the pool below, suffering a back fracture.

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