# Fractures at Tradesmen International
> OSHA SIR `2019065621` · 6/4/2019 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Skylights
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, crushed stone
## Employer
- **Name:** Tradesmen International
- **Location:** 515 Willow Street, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78202
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an HVAC system on the roof. The employee bent over to drink water, lost footing on lose rocks on the roof and fell onto a skylight. The skylight broke and the employee fell approximately 20 feet onto a stairway landing. The employee suffered a broken left wrist, 
left side rib, 
tailbone and left hip.

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