# Fractures at TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INC
> OSHA SIR `2018076920` · 7/10/2018 · BISHOP, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INC
- **Location:** BASF - Hwy. 77, BISHOP, TEXAS, 78343
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about to climb a 15-foot chain ladder to exit a horizontal vessel. When he stepped onto the ladder, it became unstable and he fell. He landed on his back on the vessel's floor, suffering multiple broken vertebrae.

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