# Fractures at UNION TANK CAR COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2020065744` · 6/19/2020 · CLEVELAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** UNION TANK CAR COMPANY
- **Location:** 604 CR 2205, CLEVELAND, TEXAS, 77327
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder attached to a rail car, with the intention of inspecting a valve. The employee was on the fourth rung, slipped, and fell to the cement ground below. The employee was hospitalized with broken leg bones.

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