# Fractures at MDM Polska
> OSHA SIR `2023054775` · 5/30/2023 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Grates and drains in floor surface
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MDM Polska
- **Location:** 1311 Tesla Rd., AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78725
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were working on a guarded mezzanine platform manually moving equipment. One of the grating sections shifted and tilted, causing the two employees to fall 17 feet to the floor below, and the material they fell through to land on them. Both employees sustained multiple broken bones and lacerations to the back, hips, and legs.

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