# Fractures at Tri Element Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2019043879` · 4/16/2019 · MADISONVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tri Element Incorporated
- **Location:** Rig # 2 Santa Rosa Drilling, MADISONVILLE, TEXAS, 77864
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting stairs onto a rig platform when the stairs became disconnected from the rig platform, causing the employee to fall 6 feet from the platform and be struck by the stairs. The employee was hospitalized with four fractured ribs.

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