# Fractures at Lenick Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021478` · 2/12/2018 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Lenick Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 109-31 N. 2nd St., PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19106
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee removed a piece of plywood that was covering an HVAC chase hole approximately 2' x 2' in size. Upon removing the plywood from over the hole, the employee turned and stepped into the hole falling 11 feet to the wooden floor below. The employee suffered a broken right forearm, fractured ribs and several fractured vertebrae in his back.

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