# Fractures at BOSTCO
> OSHA SIR `2025087574` · 8/1/2025 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Drilling and extraction machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BOSTCO
- **Location:** 1836 Miller Cut Off Road, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 541614
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a pipe 4-6 feet high and troubleshooting a valve when they lost their footing and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their posterior rib and scapula.

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