# Fractures at Empire Steel Erectors, LP.
> OSHA SIR `2022021273` · 2/10/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Steel Erectors, LP.
- **Location:** VW Cypress Sales Building, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77065
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing metal decking. While transitioning from one tie off point to another, the employee fell 15 feet to the lower landing surface, resulting in a right arm fracture at the elbow.

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