# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Zobele USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221210508` · 12/2/2022 · GARLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Catwalks
## Employer
- **Name:** Zobele USA Inc.
- **Location:** 3502 Regency Crest Drive, GARLAND, TEXAS, 75043
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking a chemical sample from a tanker truck. The 12-foot high catwalk retracted while the employee was taking a sample and they fell backward off the truck. The employee struck several objects on the way down and sustained a hip and vertebrae fractures as well as a punctured kidney.

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