# Fractures at J.D. Heiskell & Company
> OSHA SIR `20221210601` · 12/6/2022 · FRIONA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Mud
## Employer
- **Name:** J.D. Heiskell & Company
- **Location:** 1680 Us Hwy 60, FRIONA, TEXAS, 79035
- **NAICS:** 493130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking across a scale platform when he tripped on dried mud, causing him to fall onto the guardrail and sustain rib fractures.

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