# Fractures at Landpoint LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021826` · 2/27/2023 · DENTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Confined spaces, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Container caps, lids, covers
## Employer
- **Name:** Landpoint LLC
- **Location:** 3333 W. University, DENTON, TEXAS, 76207
- **NAICS:** 541370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee 1 was setting up his survey instrument at the edge of a concrete apron surrounding an 11-foot-deep concrete utility vault with a 9x9 steel access cover/lid. Employee 2, then walked behind employee 1, stepping onto the steel vault access cover/lid. The cover gave way, causing employee 2 and the steel vault cover to fall into the vault approximately 11 feet below. Employee 1 fell 8 feet, striking an existing pipeline valve located within the vault. Employee 2 was hospitalized for fractures to the ribs on the left side. Employee 1 did not require hospitalization.

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