# Fractures at Cotton Utility Constructors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054730` · 5/15/2018 · LIVINGSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cotton Utility Constructors, Inc.
- **Location:** 1845 Galloway Ln, LIVINGSTON, TEXAS, 77351
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing onto the operator's seat of a digger derrick when he lost his balance and fell backwards 6 to 8 feet to the ground. He suffered a lower back compression fracture.

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