# Fractures at Border States Electric
> OSHA SIR `20181212650` · 12/10/2018 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Border States Electric
- **Location:** 5475 Joliet St, Unit B, DENVER, COLORADO, 80239
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping down out of his yard truck and missed the bottom step of the truck. The employee fell and struck the side of the truck while falling, fracturing four ribs.

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