# Fractures at Werner Enterprises
> OSHA SIR `2023109911` · 10/26/2023 · HUMBLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Werner Enterprises
- **Location:** 18255 Humble Parkway, HUMBLE, TEXAS, 77338
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leaving the facility. They went to get back into a semi-truck but slipped on the steps of the truck and fell backward to the ground. The employee landed on his back and sustained a back injury and broken ribs.

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