# Fractures at Norfolk International Terminal
> OSHA SIR `2017054137` · 5/7/2017 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Norfolk International Terminal
- **Location:** 7737 Terminal Blvd, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23505
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a fixed ladder onto a railcar when he slipped from the top rung and fell to the rail deck, fracturing his ribs and shoulder.

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