# Fractures at Building Plastics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021199` · 2/5/2018 · 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 less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Building Plastics, Inc.
- **Location:** 15080 Sommermeyer St., Suite 600, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 442210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in an order picker counting product for inventory when he misstepped and fell approximately 5 feet to the concrete ground below, breaking five left-side ribs.

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