# Fractures at Swift Beef Company
> OSHA SIR `2019054820` · 5/12/2019 · CACTUS, 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 less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Beef Company
- **Location:** 5950 Trails End Road, CACTUS, TEXAS, 79013
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a ladder approximately 45 inches high when his wrench slipped, causing him to fall off the ladder to the ground. He suffered fractured ribs.

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