# Fractures at Nickels Transportation
> OSHA SIR `2015118639` · 11/14/2015 · MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Dump truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Nickels Transportation
- **Location:** Monticello Power Plant, MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, 75455
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed onto his dump truck to retrieve some information. While descending the ladder, he lost his footing and fell to the ground level below, striking his head. He was hospitalized with a skull fracture.

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