# Fractures at Richardson Stevedoring & Logistics
> OSHA SIR `2017088088` · 8/22/2017 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on water vehicle
- **Source:** Barge
## Employer
- **Name:** Richardson Stevedoring & Logistics
- **Location:** 3800 Oscar Nelson Dr., BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77523
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed up a ladder to unhook it from a barge. The employee climbed up 4 to 5 steps when the ladder moved. He lost his balance and fell 6 feet to the floor of the barge, fracturing his left wrist and right knee and possibly fracturing his right hip.

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