# Fractures at Superior Rigging & Erecting Co.
> OSHA SIR `2021087391` · 8/28/2021 · WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **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:** Superior Rigging & Erecting Co.
- **Location:** 4161 Logistics Pkwy, WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA, 33884
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a column and a beam from a grated deck that was 15 feet high. The employee fell to the floor through an opening in the grating that was 4x4 feet and had been removed to stand up the column. The employee suffered a broken back that required hospitalization.

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