# Fractures at Prosperity Fire Protection
> OSHA SIR `2023043596` · 4/21/2023 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Prosperity Fire Protection
- **Location:** W Enanon Ave, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76140
- **NAICS:** 922160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped off a lift to observe a pipe that was installed. As they walked onto the mesh part of the racks, they fell 16 feet through an area without mesh. The employee sustained a left arm fracture.

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