# Fractures at Perry & Perry Builders, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022031942` · 3/2/2022 · ROCKDALE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Perry & Perry Builders, Inc.
- **Location:** 215 E Cameron Avenue, ROCKDALE, TEXAS, 76567
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a beam when the other beam he was using as an anchor point for his fall arrest system failed. The employee fell 45 feet to the ground, resulting in broken ribs.

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