# Fractures at South Central Missouri Community Action Agency
> OSHA SIR `2023075882` · 7/3/2023 · WINONA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ceilings
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** South Central Missouri Community Action Agency
- **Location:** 8120 State Hwy 19, WINONA, MISSOURI, 65588
- **NAICS:** 624229
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a space above a suspended ceiling when they lost their balance and fell approximately 10 feet through the drop-ceiling to the concrete floor below. He suffered broken ribs and a compression fracture to his back.

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