# Fractures at Airteam Limited
> OSHA SIR `20171212351` · 12/28/2017 · KATY, TEXAS
## 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:** Ceilings
## Employer
- **Name:** Airteam Limited
- **Location:** 2727 Horizon Bluff Ln, KATY, TEXAS, 77494
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing HVAC equipment in the attic of a home when he stepped onto an un-decked section of the attic and fell through the ceiling to the floor approximately 12 feet below. He suffered several fractured ribs, a fractured left forearm, a right wrist injury, and facial lacerations above his left eye and on his lower lip.

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