# Fractures at JV Industrial Companies, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `20201110734` · 11/12/2020 · SWEENY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JV Industrial Companies, Ltd.
- **Location:** 21441 Loop 419, SWEENY, TEXAS, 77480
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell through a work platform opening on a scaffold, landing on the floor about 20 feet below. The employee's right ring finger was broken.

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