# Fractures at Optimus Steel, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025076643` · 7/9/2025 · VIDOR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble on same level  without fall
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Optimus Steel, LLC
- **Location:** 100 Old Hwy 90 West, VIDOR, TEXAS, 77662
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to conduct a 6-foot welding operation to repair a ladle plate. When he stepped forward on a scaffolding platform to conduct the weld, his right foot slipped and his right ankle was wrenched and broken. He was hospitalized.

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