# Fractures at FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015063521` · 6/9/2015 · PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pickup truck
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC.
- **Location:** 151 Randolph Street, PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY, 07055
- **NAICS:** 423720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading material onto a rack in the bed of a pickup truck, and was in the process of tightening a ratchet strap to secure the load. As the employee was tightening the ratchet strap, the employee fell and struck his torso on the opposite side of the bed, breaking five ribs. The employee was hospitalized overnight.

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