# Fractures at Monarch Landscape Management, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021109` · 2/3/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Grates and drains in floor surface
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Monarch Landscape Management, LLC
- **Location:** 1300 Post Oak Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77056
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing grounds maintenance work. The employee stepped on the edge of a ventilation grate when it flipped over, causing the employee to fall about 30 feet to the ground below. They sustained two heel fractures and a left tibia fracture.

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