# Fractures at Rex Houston Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
> OSHA SIR `2022043647` · 4/27/2022 · KEY LARGO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other structural elements, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Rex Houston Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
- **Location:** 32 Sexton Cove, KEY LARGO, FLORIDA, 33037
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was throwing ductwork over the railing on the third floor of a building under construction. The railing failed and the employee fell, suffering back fractures and a contusion.

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