# Fractures at Powerhouse Electrical Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221110302` · 11/23/2022 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Ceilings
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
## Employer
- **Name:** Powerhouse Electrical Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 16610 Elinger Drive, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78728
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running wires in an attic above the second floor of a house. The employee fell through sheet rock between two joists, landed on a staircase below, and suffered a broken right femur and right thumb.

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