# Fractures at McCarthy Building Companies
> OSHA SIR `2023053918` · 5/2/2023 · BAILEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Dirt, earth
## Employer
- **Name:** McCarthy Building Companies
- **Location:** 8155 FM 2027, BAILEY, TEXAS, 75413
- **NAICS:** 236116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going on break after operating a multi-purpose compactor. They tripped over a dirt clod and fell against the compactor. The employee sustained a cracked rib and had a seizure resulting in hospitalization.

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