# Fractures at Formosa Plastics Corporation, Louisiana
> OSHA SIR `2024087381` · 8/12/2024 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Formosa Plastics Corporation, Louisiana
- **Location:** 301 Gulf States Road, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70805
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a fixed ladder with a barrel cage when they fell to the ground and sustained fractures to their skull, ribs, hand, and back vertebrae.

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