# Fractures at Lubrizol Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016098927` · 9/20/2016 · DEER PARK, 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:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lubrizol Corporation
- **Location:** 41 Title Road, DEER PARK, TEXAS, 77536
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee on a second-level platform was opening a slide gate at a height of approximately 14 feet to place a pallet on the deck. The slide gate was 4 ft H x 12 ft W on the exterior wall, attached by a sliding mechanism. The employee fell to the ground along with the gate, suffering multiple fractures to the femur, pelvis, ribs, right leg, and arm.

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