# Fractures at Kempco Inspection Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021108773` · 10/12/2021 · CORPUS CHRISTI, 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Cranes-other mobile cranes
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kempco Inspection Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 1108 McBride, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78407
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up a rough-terrain crane. He hit his hard hat on the jib above him, lost his balance, and fell to the crane deck and then to the ground about 4.5 feet below the deck. He suffered rib fractures.

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