# Fractures at Kiewit Offshore Services Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2022043480` · 4/22/2022 · INGLESIDE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Kiewit Offshore Services Ltd.
- **Location:** 2440 Kiewit Road, INGLESIDE, TEXAS, 78362
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At the end of their shift, a shuttle lift (gantry crane) operator was descending the shuttle lift via the equipment ladder. While stepping from the third to last rung, the employee missed their footing and fell approximately 3 feet onto metal plates, landing in a sitting position. The employee sustained a fractured lumbar vertebra.

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