# Fractures at OMEGA SHIPYARD
> OSHA SIR `2025021049` · 2/2/2025 · MOSS POINT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Commercial fishing vessel
## Employer
- **Name:** OMEGA SHIPYARD
- **Location:** 5659 ELDER FERRY RD., MOSS POINT, MISSISSIPPI, 39563
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing clamps on a ladder with one foot on another ladder. That ladder slipped, causing the employee to lose balance and fall approximately 8 feet to the floor of the fish hold. The employee sustained a fractured ankle and knee.

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