# Fractures at Tealstone
> OSHA SIR `20171211435` · 12/1/2017 · ROWLETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Structural stones or slabs, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tealstone
- **Location:** 11009 Harmony Hill Lane, ROWLETT, TEXAS, 75088
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking across a job site looking for rebar when he tried to get on a 15-inch-high concrete slab. He then tripped and fell on the edge of the slab, which had a bolt sticking out of it, fracturing four ribs and lacerating his chest.

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