# Fractures at Universal Plant Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043487` · 4/22/2022 · PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Plant Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 7501 TX 87, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77642
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a 30-foot ladder and slipped, falling approximately 5 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae and a fractured ankle requiring hospitalization.

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