# Fractures at Ecolab Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025065295` · 6/4/2025 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Multipurpose ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Ecolab Inc.
- **Location:** 1200 Market St, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77550
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing bees while standing 6-7 feet up on a telescoping ladder when the ladder slipped and they fell to the concrete pavers below. The employee was hospitalized with an open fracture to the left elbow that required surgery.

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