# Fractures at Barrilleaux, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021219` · 2/2/2019 · BRENHAM, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Barrilleaux, Inc.
- **Location:** 30.1586896 N, BRENHAM, TEXAS, 77833
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a pipe trailer to disconnect cabling from a pipe that had just been loaded. While reaching to disconnect the cabling, the employee lost footing and fell 7 to 8 feet from the trailer to the ground. The employee landed on the right hip, causing fractured vertebrae in the lower back. The employee was hospitalized.

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