# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Vital Steel Erectors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065257` · 6/13/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Vital Steel Erectors, Inc.
- **Location:** 2802 Holmes Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77051
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing decking and fell 35 feet onto a concrete surface and sustained injuries to their head, nose, and left arm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. The employee was wearing a harness, but their lanyard was not attached to the anchor point at the time.

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