# Fractures at Noe Cruz Barrera
> OSHA SIR `2020043999` · 4/30/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Elevator shafts
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Noe Cruz Barrera
- **Location:** 832 Nagle St, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77003
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting rooms in a house under construction when he opened an elevator access door thinking it was a closet. He fell four stories down the elevator shaft to the cement floor, suffering leg and spinal fractures. He was hospitalized.

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