# Fractures at Walashek Industrial Marine Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031620` · 3/31/2015 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Walashek Industrial Marine Inc.
- **Location:** 2215 Harbor Road, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee fell approximately 9 feet from a ladder while ascending to the main deck. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the number 10 and 11 ribs and a cracked L1.

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