# Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c. at Brown and Root Industrial Services LTD
> OSHA SIR `20200810349` · 8/19/2020 · DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Towers, poles, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Brown and Root Industrial Services LTD
- **Location:** CF Industries, Inc., DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70346
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing repairs to the fan deck in a cooling tower. Upon entry into the cooling tower, the platform failed and the employee fell approximately 50 feet to the concrete basin at the bottom of the tower. The employee was hospitalized for three fractured vertebrae in the back, fractured tibia bones in both legs, a left elbow fracture, injuries to both knees, internal bleeding, bruised lungs, a concussion, lacerations to the head, and nerve impingement (back).

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