# Fractures at Westlake Chemical & Vinyls LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024065668` · 6/25/2024 · PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Westlake Chemical & Vinyls LLC
- **Location:** 26100 LA Hwy 405, PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA, 70764
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a valve when they fell from a 3-foot stair riser platform and sustained broken ribs.

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