# Fractures and burns at LP Transportation, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010603` · 1/18/2025 · SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other lower extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Flammable gas  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** LP Transportation, Inc.
- **Location:** 2880 Curry Rd, SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, 12303
- **NAICS:** 424720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading liquefied petroleum gas when he slipped and caught himself on the protective cap chain and pulled the liquid valve open slightly. Some of the gas spilled out and contacted the employee, causing him to fall backward. The employee sustained burns to his lower torso/upper legs and a fractured rib.

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