# Fractures at Gowen Garrett, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110507` · 11/11/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gowen Garrett, Inc.
- **Location:** 6100 Main Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77005
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee 1 was working with two other employees to remove a pipe support. Employee 1 was holding one side of the pipe, employee 2 was holding the other, and employee 3 was cutting the support. Employee 1 was standing on the fourth step of a 6-foot A-frame ladder. When employee 3 cut the pipe support, employee 1 lost his balance and fell to the ground. Employee 1 was hospitalized with his left leg fractured below the knee.

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