# Fractures at GeoControls Systems Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099601` · 9/17/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GeoControls Systems Inc.
- **Location:** 2101 NASA Parkway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77058
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was coming down the stairwell and using the handrail when another employee started up the stairwell. As the first employee was crossing over to the other side of the stairwell, she slipped and fell, landing on her wrist and backside. She suffered a collapsed vertebra in the thoracic region and a fractured left radius.

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