# Fractures at EMPIRE STEEL ERECTORS, LP
> OSHA SIR `2023032763` · 3/28/2023 · CLEVELAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** EMPIRE STEEL ERECTORS, LP
- **Location:** 1901 E Houston St., CLEVELAND, TEXAS, 77327
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a ladder when his foot/leg became caught on a welding lead that was hung up on one of the rungs. He then lost his footing and fell 12-15 feet to the floor below and sustained a pelvis fracture.

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