# Fractures at Texas Aquastore, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098459` · 9/13/2023 · BUDA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Tank, bin, vat interiors, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Aquastore, Inc.
- **Location:** 6834 Old Lockhart Road, BUDA, TEXAS, 78610
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a construction site and was exiting a concrete sub-grade tank via an extension ladder. Their foot became caught on the ladder, causing the employee to fall approximately 12 feet back into the tank, landing feet-first. The employee sustained fractures to the left ankle, right ankle, and the L2 vertebra.

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