# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at Intercontinental Terminals Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024043462` · 4/21/2024 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Heavy rail vehicles  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Intercontinental Terminals Company LLC
- **Location:** 1943 Independence Parkway South, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting railcars to loading hoses to load chemicals. He stepped out of the fall protection area to reach the loading arm when it slipped out of his hands and he lost balance and fell 12 feet to the ground. He fractured his sternum and ribs, and punctured both lungs.

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