# Fractures at King-Lar Company
> OSHA SIR `2021064872` · 6/15/2021 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **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:** King-Lar Company
- **Location:** 2850 N Jasper Street, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 14, 2021, an employee was setting up a lasering system at a newly constructed commercial building. While anchoring or aligning a frame over a 20-foot by 22-foot floor opening, the employee fell through, landing 10-12 feet below. The employee suffered a cracked vertebra and was hospitalized.

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