# Fractures at Oakley Transport Group
> OSHA SIR `2022032234` · 3/11/2022 · DENISON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Oakley Transport Group
- **Location:** 2410 TEXOMA DR, DENISON, TEXAS, 75020
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A driver was climbing down a tanker trailer ladder. At the next to last step, he lost his footing on the icy ladder and fell to the flat concrete ground. He suffered a fracture to a lower-back vertebra, as well as other injuries.

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