# Fractures at VT Halter Marine
> OSHA SIR `2017032951` · 3/31/2017 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Straight ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** VT Halter Marine
- **Location:** 900 Bayou Cassotte, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39581
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a straight ladder when it slipped out from underneath him. He fell to the ground and fractured his right hip and ankle.

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