# Fractures at All Star Metals, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015063587` · 6/11/2015 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Elevators
- **Secondary source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** All Star Metals, LLC
- **Location:** 101 Box Car Rd, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78521
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee walked close to an elevator opening. He rested his hand on the barricade (chain) that didn't hold his weight. He fell twelve feet resulting in a non-displaced fracture of his lower back and a possible fracture of his right foot.

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