# Fractures at Kansas Fencing Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065685` · 6/25/2024 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## 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:** Vehicle trailers, trailing units
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kansas Fencing Inc.
- **Location:** 620 Northwest Gordon Street, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66608
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping down off a trailer with material in their hands when they lost balance and fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractured ribs and lacerations.

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