# Fractures at Coating Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054371` · 5/5/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Coating Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 6414 THOMAS ROAD, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing blasting work from an 8-foot step ladder when either his foot or weight shifted, causing him to lose balance and fall to a lower level. He fractured his right leg and was hospitalized.

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