# Fractures at CHM Weatherguard
> OSHA SIR `2022065533` · 6/24/2022 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Sewers, manholes, storm drains
## Employer
- **Name:** CHM Weatherguard
- **Location:** 1515 Cesar Chavez, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78701
- **NAICS:** 238390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was waterproofing a wall in a parking garage. The employee fell through a covered manhole, landed about 12 feet below, and suffered a skull fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

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