# Fractures at Berry Aviation
> OSHA SIR `2015118412` · 11/9/2015 · SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
## 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:** Pickup truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Berry Aviation
- **Location:** 1807 Airport  Dr., SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, 78666
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading trash into a dumpster from the back of a pickup truck. As he stepped down from the truck, his foot slipped on the bumper. He fell backwards, breaking three ribs and lacerating his head.

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