# Fractures at 5 State Helicopter
> OSHA SIR `2025032554` · 3/18/2025 · FATE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Helicopters, powered rotary wing aircraft
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** 5 State Helicopter
- **Location:** 279 Blackland Rd Fate, FATE, TEXAS, 75189
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a helicopter. The employee slipped and fell, striking an integrated step and a window on the helicopter before landing on the hangar floor. The employee suffered broken ribs, fractured vertebrae, and a laceration to the back of the head.

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