# Fractures at Gulf Coast Tanks
> OSHA SIR `2018054787` · 5/16/2018 · GOLDEN MEADOW, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Coast Tanks
- **Location:** New Park, GOLDEN MEADOW, LOUISIANA, 70357
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting nuts and washers on bolts while standing on an 8-foot A-frame ladder that was in the closed position when the ladder slipped. The employee fell and struck his head on the concrete below, suffering head trauma and a skull fracture.

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