# Fractures at Rountree Towers
> OSHA SIR `2024109423` · 10/9/2024 · AFTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Towers, poles  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Rountree Towers
- **Location:** 33deg46'32.9"N 100deg52'20.7"W, AFTON, TEXAS, 79220
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were harnessed to a decommissioned tower when the tower fell. One employee sustained fractured bones and the other employee sustained fractured bones, bruises/contusions/abrasions, and they lost consciousness.

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