# Fractures at Department of Homeland Security
> OSHA SIR `2021109412` · 10/25/2021 · SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Homeland Security
- **Location:** 25700 I-45N, Suite 200, SPRING, TEXAS, 77386
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was searching a private home. While in the attic, the employee stepped on a rafter that gave way. He fell to the floor below and suffered broken ribs and torso injuries.

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