# Fractures at INTERCERAMIC INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020076422` · 7/9/2020 · GARLAND, 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:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** INTERCERAMIC INC.
- **Location:** 2333 S. JUPITER ROAD, GARLAND, TEXAS, 75041
- **NAICS:** 327122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the top of a 19-foot tank. The top gave way and he fell to the bottom, suffering fractures to a lower-back vertebra and four toes on the right foot.

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