# Fractures at Structures Derek International Steel Erectors
> OSHA SIR `2020098910` · 9/19/2020 · SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **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:** Structures Derek International Steel Erectors
- **Location:** 101 South Street, SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02144
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell through a hole in the decking on the ninth floor to the eighth floor below and suffered a compression fracture of two vertebrae and a fractured wrist.

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