# Fractures at Industrial Electrical Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210888` · 12/18/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Confined spaces, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Industrial Electrical Services Inc.
- **Location:** 4495 Katy Fwy, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77007
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 9 a.m., an employee stepped into a 2- to 3-foot-deep sump pump hole in the floor of a pump room. He suffered a fracture to the lower left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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