# Fractures at Farmers Alloy Fabricating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043247` · 4/18/2016 · GALVESTON, 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:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Farmers Alloy Fabricating, Inc.
- **Location:** 1908 Strand Avenue, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77550
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was measuring the inside of a metal cone area while on a ladder 30 inches above the floor. The employee was on the top step of the ladder when he and the ladder fell to the side. He fractured his wrist and two ribs.

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