# Fractures at SSA MARINE
> OSHA SIR `2024065634` · 6/24/2024 · SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle
- **Source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner
- **Secondary source:** Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** SSA MARINE
- **Location:** Seattle Terminal #18, 1050 SW Spokane St, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, 98134
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was walking on a catwalk on a ship examining a container and fell approximately 7 feet through an open ladder way. The employee sustained fractured ribs and fractured a lumbar vertebra.

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