# Fractures at Tulsa Inspection Resources, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017088165` · 8/24/2017 · CUSHING, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
- **Source:** Ground irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** Tulsa Inspection Resources, LLC
- **Location:** Cushing Terminal/Plains All American, CUSHING, OKLAHOMA, 74023
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting and photographing pipeline installation activities when he stepped backwards into an impression in the ground. He lost his balance and fell, hitting his head on a lowboy trailer. He was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae in his upper back.

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