# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Lockheed Martin Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021054329` · 5/27/2021 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lockheed Martin Corporation
- **Location:** 1 Lockheed Boulevard, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76108
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A mechanic had ascended a work platform that was 44" tall and had been positioned around the aircraft to perform his task. While addressing his work he stepped over the toeboard at the end of the platform onto the ground. He was hospitalized for five broken ribs and a bruised lung.

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