# Fractures at Tidewater Utilities Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191213099` · 12/21/2019 · LEWES, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Grates and drains in floor surface
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Tidewater Utilities Inc.
- **Location:** 116 American Legion Road, LEWES, DELAWARE, 19958
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a piece of grated flooring when the flooring that the employee was standing on slipped, causing the employee to fall into the wastewater tank below. The employee suffered block vertebrae in the lower back.

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