# Fractures at Ready-Mix Concrete Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2015052979` · 5/19/2015 · PERRYVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Ready-Mix Concrete Incorporated
- **Location:** 1205 Walters Lane, PERRYVILLE, MISSOURI, 63775
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was washing the concrete truck after a delivery while standing on the rear fender. He fell 46 inches to the ground below, cracking his ribs and sustaining a possible lung laceration.

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