# Fractures at Principia Corporation dba Principia College
> OSHA SIR `20211210603` · 12/9/2021 · ELSAH, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Skylights
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Principia Corporation dba Principia College
- **Location:** 1 Maybeck Place, ELSAH, ILLINOIS, 62028
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 9, 2021, the injured employee (employee 1) was working with another employee to clean leaves and other material from a metal gutter system located on the edge of an equipment shed. The employees were walking on the shed roof when employee 1 stepped on the cover of a skylight and fell 13 feet through it. Employee 1 sustained a fractured right shoulder.

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