# Fractures at Arends Inspection
> OSHA SIR `2016087139` · 8/2/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Arends Inspection
- **Location:** 15045 Lee Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee who had been installing pipe was descending a ladder when he blacked out due to heat exhaustion and dehydration. He fell to the ground (approximately 8 feet), breaking his shoulder and requiring hospitalization.

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