# Fractures at U.S. Engineering Construction
> OSHA SIR `2023021744` · 2/23/2023 · BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Existing roof openings, other than skylights
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Engineering Construction
- **Location:** 2103 SE 5th Street, BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72712
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a co-worker to cut a hole in a roof deck for an HVAC. The wire that secured the cover bound up and the employee shook the cover to release it. He was then pulled into the hole and fell to the next level, resulting in a hip and shoulder fracture.

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