# Fractures at Altman Specialty Plants, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098869` · 9/23/2024 · GIDDINGS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Roof surface
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Altman Specialty Plants, Inc.
- **Location:** 1180 Private Road 29, GIDDINGS, TEXAS, 78942
- **NAICS:** 424930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing plastic sheeting while standing on the beam of a greenhouse roof when they fell approximately 12 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a rib fracture and left wrist injury.

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