# Fractures at Gulf Sulphur Services. LTD., LLLP
> OSHA SIR `2024109524` · 10/14/2024 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Sulphur Services. LTD., LLLP
- **Location:** 4500 Old Port Industrial Road, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77554
- **NAICS:** 423520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clear pelletized sulfur from a plugged chute. When the plug was freed, he lost his footing and fell about 4 feet. His throat struck a nearby handrail and his hands made contact with the working surface as he broke his fall. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to the throat and a fractured thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

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