# Fractures at Miller Sierra Contractors Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221211206` · 12/28/2022 · ARLINGTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Existing roof openings, other than skylights
- **Secondary source:** Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller Sierra Contractors Inc.
- **Location:** 1800 Joyce St., ARLINGTON, TEXAS, 76001
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning construction debris from a roof. He stepped on an unmarked piece of plywood that was covering a 2-foot-by-2-foot hole in the roof, fell through, and landed on the concrete floor about 14 feet below. He suffered a broken wrist and broken ribs.

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