# Fractures at EW Services
> OSHA SIR `2015053317` · 5/31/2015 · EDINBURG, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** EW Services
- **Location:** 6590 Republic Dr., EDINBURG, TEXAS, 78541
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A Santana Textiles employee was working from a ladder when he slipped and fell 4 feet. He tried to grab onto the wall and fell, fracturing his left arm and scraping his forehead. The worksite was very muddy from recent rains at the time of the incident.

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