# Fractures at Acme Brick- Texas Clay A Plant
> OSHA SIR `2023032474` · 3/19/2023 · MALAKOFF, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Acme Brick- Texas Clay A Plant
- **Location:** 402 Bartlett Ave, MALAKOFF, TEXAS, 75148
- **NAICS:** 327120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a fixed ladder from the top of a kiln. He slipped from the third or fourth rung, fell to the ground, and suffered multiple fractures to his lower left leg in the ankle area.

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