# Fractures at Savage Services
> OSHA SIR `2021021232` · 2/10/2021 · GALVESTON, 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 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Savage Services
- **Location:** 4500 Old Port Industrial Rd., GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77554
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an elevated platform, turning valves to prepare for cleaning the melter. He lost footing and fell 6 to 8 feet to the main floor. The employee sustained bruised and/or cracked ribs.

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