# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Tesla Giga Texas
> OSHA SIR `2024076677` · 7/23/2024 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tesla Giga Texas
- **Location:** 1 Tesla Road, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78725
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing work near the top of an A-frame ladder. While he was reaching overhead, the ladder slipped and he fell approximately 6.5 feet to the ground level. The employee sustained an open fracture and dislocation of the right elbow, an open comminuted radial head fracture, and a head laceration.

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