# Fractures at The Boeing Company
> OSHA SIR `2023031885` · 3/1/2023 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## 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:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Boeing Company
- **Location:** 5825 Mark Dabling Blvd, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80919
- **NAICS:** 334511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working out of a semi-trailer with a set of stairs near the side access door. The employee backed up in the trailer and fell approximately 5 feet and 5 inches from the trailer lip to the ground, striking the stairs as they fell. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured ribs and two fractured bones in his right hand.

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