# Fractures at State College Design and Construction
> OSHA SIR `2025087688` · 8/5/2025 · STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Chairs, single-person seating
## Employer
- **Name:** State College Design and Construction
- **Location:** 116 Spencer Lane, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16801
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sweeping on the second floor of a building. The employee tripped and fell through a floor opening where the boards had been removed, landed on a chair on the first floor, and suffered broken ribs.

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