# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at PORTS AMERICA LOUISIANA, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021098284` · 9/25/2021 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on water vehicle
- **Source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** PORTS AMERICA LOUISIANA, INC.
- **Location:** 5901 Terminal Drive, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70115
- **NAICS:** 483211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working on a shipping vessel was discharging coils from the vessel hold. The employee slipped off a coil and fell. He sustained two lacerations to his head, a concussion, and a fractured rib.

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