# Fractures at DPT Laboratories, LTD.
> OSHA SIR `20181011049` · 10/26/2018 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## 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:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DPT Laboratories, LTD.
- **Location:** DPT Laboratories, Brooks City Base, R&D Building, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78235
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a portable ladder to change ceiling tiles. While descending the ladder after changing a tile, the employee lost balance and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the back of the head, several fractured ribs, and a contusion to the right hip.

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