# Fractures at Industrial Apparatus Service
> OSHA SIR `2024032167` · 3/9/2024 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Multiple engine and mechanical parts, whole engine
## Employer
- **Name:** Industrial Apparatus Service
- **Location:** 1320 Jim Gilligan Way, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77705
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a ladder next to a motor to obtain a measurement reading from a dial indicator. The employee leaned over the motor and inadvertently leaned onto a overhead crane remote, causing the motor to fall toward the employee. The employee jumped from the ladder to prevent being struck by the motor and fell 10 feet to the concrete floor, resulting in a right rib fracture, a right scapula fracture, and contusions.

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