# Fractures at Republic Tube, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017077037` · 7/27/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Tube, LLC
- **Location:** 11200 Mesa Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77078
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a pipe rack guiding pipe as it was being loaded. The employee fell 13 feet and broke his ribs.

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