# Fractures at LifeScape
> OSHA SIR `2019043453` · 4/3/2019 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Grates and drains in floor surface
- **Secondary source:** Windows, openings
## Employer
- **Name:** LifeScape
- **Location:** 2501 West 26th Street, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57105
- **NAICS:** 611110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unplugging heat tape used in an exterior drain spout from an electrical box. The box was positioned so that the employee had stand on a grate to access it; the grate gave way and the employee fell into the window well about 90 inches, suffering broken ribs and four broken vertebrae.

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