# Fractures at TerraCosta Consulting Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054857` · 5/18/2018 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Raft, floating dock
## Employer
- **Name:** TerraCosta Consulting Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 1360 N Harbor Drive, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92101
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was observing pile driving from a sea wall but needed to obtain a reading from the barge, so he began descending an extension ladder to access a floating platform. He fell from the ladder onto the platform, breaking a rib.

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