# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Centurylink, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021109009` · 10/19/2021 · HUMBLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Centurylink, Inc.
- **Location:** 15116 Lee Rd., HUMBLE, TEXAS, 77347
- **NAICS:** 517911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking on a rooftop, placing a telecommunications wire. The employee fell through a fiberglass roof lighting panel and landed about 20 feet below on a concrete floor. The employee suffered a head laceration requiring staples, a concussion, multiple rib fractures, a punctured lung, multiple abrasions, and a broken bone in the hip/pelvic area.

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