# Fractures at Watco Companies Mechanical Services
> OSHA SIR `2024076384` · 7/15/2024 · PITTSBURG, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Heavy rail vehicles  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Watco Companies Mechanical Services
- **Location:** 437 South 260th Street, PITTSBURG, KANSAS, 66762
- **NAICS:** 482112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 15, 2024, an employee was climbing the fixed side ladder of a railcar while performing a visual inspection when they missed a grab bar on the ladder, falling to the ground and suffering a fractured right femur.

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