# Fractures at 31-W Insulation
> OSHA SIR `2024043341` · 4/17/2024 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Ceilings
- **Secondary source:** Electrical wiring building or machine
## Employer
- **Name:** 31-W Insulation
- **Location:** 12334 Fort Anderson, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78228
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was blowing insulation in an attic when they tripped over wiring and fell through the drywall to the ground below, sustaining three lumbar vertebrae fractures.

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