# Fractures at American Automation, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096386` · 9/2/2015 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Automation, Inc.
- **Location:** 7600 General Motors Blvd., SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71129
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was looking at excess equipment in an area with limited visibility. He fell approximately 4 feet from the floor area to the asphalt rail-bed area and broke his a rib.

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