# Fractures at STX Beef Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010446` · 1/16/2024 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** STX Beef Company, LLC
- **Location:** 9001 Leopard Street, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78409
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping outside to check the chemical tote level when they slipped on a patch of ice and fell to the ground. The employee sustained an ankle fracture that required hospitalization.

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