# Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries at Alfred Palma LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020099242` · 9/29/2020 · LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Skylights
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Alfred Palma LLC
- **Location:** Port of Lake Charles, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70601
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 29, 2020, an employee was working on a warehouse roof. As he looked for an anchorage point, he fell through a skylight to the floor 12 feet below. He suffered a skull fracture and a spleen injury; he was hospitalized and his spleen had to be removed. Fall protection was being worn, but was not anchored at the time of the incident.

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