# Fractures at USI Powers Insulation
> OSHA SIR `20171211660` · 12/8/2017 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** USI Powers Insulation
- **Location:** 17 Valley Place, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80903
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the second floor of a new construction building installing wrap on the outside walls when a guardrail broke, allowing the employee to fall approximately 12 feet to a lower surface. The employee suffered multiple leg and feet fractures.

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