# Fractures at The Scharine Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109332` · 10/10/2023 · PALMYRA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Ducts
## Employer
- **Name:** The Scharine Group, Inc.
- **Location:** W2024 Wisconsin Hwy 59, PALMYRA, WISCONSIN, 53156
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing decking (steel grates) in a new construction steel framed building. The employees were working approximately 22' above the next lower level, which was a concrete ground floor. The decking was pre-cut with the floor opening prior to installation. Shortly after installing the floor opening, the employee fell through the floor opening, approximately 18' onto a section of metal ductwork, resulting in fractures to the skull, ribs, thorax, and lumbar vertebra, as well as an ear laceration.

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