# Fractures at Mississippi Tank and Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2023010183` · 1/6/2023 · HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Mississippi Tank and Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 3000 WEST 7TH STREET, HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39401
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a 12-foot extension ladder to fasten a manway. The employee fell 8-10 from the ladder and struck an object on the way down sustaining fractures to the ribs.

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