# Fractures at Vulcan Materials Company
> OSHA SIR `2023109801` · 10/24/2023 · MARION, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Vulcan Materials Company
- **Location:** 12431 IH-10 E, MARION, TEXAS, 78124
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had climbed a ladder to adjust brackets that were securing the boot of a down spout to a concrete portable plant. The ladder shifted and slid out from under the employee, causing the employee to fall approximately 6 to 8 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a compression fracture to his L1 vertebra.

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