# Fractures at MK Marlow
> OSHA SIR `20191011313` · 10/29/2019 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MK Marlow
- **Location:** 3533 South Alameda Street, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78411
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the fifth floor supervising workers. The employee took a step back and fell through a hole approximately 14 feet to the fourth floor. The employee sustained a laceration to the back of the head, and fractures to the spine, ribs, and jaw.

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