# Fractures at FOSTER BROTHERS WOOD PRODUCTS
> OSHA SIR `2019099225` · 9/5/2019 · AUXVASSE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Parking lot-unpaved
## Employer
- **Name:** FOSTER BROTHERS WOOD PRODUCTS
- **Location:** 6465 State Road E, AUXVASSE, MISSOURI, 65231
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a tarp on the trailer of his tractor/trailer combination. He was standing on a catwalk, preparing to exit the fixed ladder, when his foot slipped and he fell approximately 8 feet to the gravel lot surface. He sustained a fractured wrist, fractured ribs, and a cracked pelvis.

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