# Fractures at Reed Industrial Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087051` · 8/1/2016 · ROSHARON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Reed Industrial Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 14910 Airline Road, ROSHARON, TEXAS, 77583
- **NAICS:** 425120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was screwing fasteners into duct work while standing on a ladder. He lost his balance and fell approximately 11 feet, cracking a rib and breaking his right heel.

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