# Fractures at TCI Contracting of the Gulf, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019033212` · 3/27/2019 · GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Ceilings
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TCI Contracting of the Gulf, LLC
- **Location:** 38 Canal St., GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 39503
- **NAICS:** 238390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking on the rafters in an attic while blowing fiberglass. He stepped on a 2-by-4 board, which slipped out of place, causing him to lose his balance and fall through the ceiling. He suffered a broken right elbow and three compressed vertebrae in his back.

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