# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at GC Upstate Environmental Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2022075814` · 7/5/2022 · SYOSSET, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Other structural elements, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GC Upstate Environmental Solutions
- **Location:** 99 Pell Ln, SYOSSET, NEW YORK, 11791
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sweeping the deck after pulling back layers of roofing material and exposing the composite deck. The employee fell through an opening through the interior drop ceiling approximately nine feet to the floor below suffering bruising and lacerations to the back, head, and legs.

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