# Fractures at Big 4 Erectors, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `20211110088` · 11/22/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Existing roof openings, other than skylights
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Big 4 Erectors, L.P.
- **Location:** 3938 Stoney Brook Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77063
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were decking the roof of a two-story building. One of them was walking to begin work after a break when he slipped and fell through a deck opening. He landed about 40 feet below on a concrete surface, suffering multiple limb and skull fractures. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

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