# Fractures at Solar Turbines Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `20241211623` · 12/16/2024 · CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps
## Employer
- **Name:** Solar Turbines Incorporated
- **Location:** 16504 De Zavalla Rd., CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 333611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying items while descending the stairs outside the building. The employee fell and sustained a T12 vertebra fracture.

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