# Fractures at Schlumberger Technology Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019077423` · 7/20/2019 · VON ORMY, 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:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- **Location:** 10310 Fischer Road, VON ORMY, TEXAS, 78073
- **NAICS:** 324191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had ascended a ladder to stand on the diesel tank of the frac pump to change the transmission oil filters. When stepping down from the ladder, he slipped and fell to the ground breaking four to ten left-side ribs.

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