# Fractures at Environmental Management Services of Iowa, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010104` · 10/1/2018 · PRINCEVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet
- **Source:** Roof surfaces other than roof edge
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Environmental Management Services of Iowa, Inc.
- **Location:** 11939 Township Road 00 North, PRINCEVILLE, ILLINOIS, 61559
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 1, 2018, at approximately 2:15 a.m., during removal of asbestos containing 1/4-inch transite panels, an employee walked along the nailing strips where the panels were secured by nails to the structure. As the employee walked from the top row of panels towards the ladder access point, a transite panel broke and the employee fell 20.6 feet to the concrete surface below the roof. The employee was admitted to the hospital and treated for fractures to three vertebra and the pelvis.

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