# Fractures at Suderman Contracting Stevedores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087981` · 8/29/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Loaders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Suderman Contracting Stevedores, Inc.
- **Location:** 111 East Loop North, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a wheel loader preventing hooks from impacting the windshield. He fell approximately 3 feet to the ground and sustained a fractured left tibia.

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