# Fractures at Smith Gin COOP
> OSHA SIR `2022086862` · 8/4/2022 · ODEM, 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:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smith Gin COOP
- **Location:** PO Box 386, ODEM, TEXAS, 78370
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee saw that a blinker had been left on in a truck. The employee got in the truck and turned the blinker off and then fell while getting out of the vehicle. The employee sustained fractured ribs.

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