# Fractures at VLS Environmental Solutions LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025054644` · 5/17/2025 · PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels
- **Source:** Piers, wharfs, water docks
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** VLS Environmental Solutions LLC
- **Location:** 8700 Old Yacht Club Road, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77642
- **NAICS:** 562219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping down from a walkway after coming off a barge when he slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured left femur.

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