# Fractures at Gulf Marine Fabricators, LP
> OSHA SIR `2015063694` · 6/15/2015 · INGLESIDE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Water vehicle, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Marine Fabricators, LP
- **Location:** 248 FM 1069, INGLESIDE, TEXAS, 78362
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a pipe on a transporter. He was positioned backwards, and his foot went into a 0.5- to 1-inch access opening that connects transporters together.  There were screws missing from the access hatch, which moved the access plate and caused the employee to fall over the side of the transporter from a height of 4 feet, 4.5 inches to the ground. The employee landed on a board, breaking a leg and a rib on his right side.

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