# Fractures at Channel Marine Services
> OSHA SIR `2025087967` · 8/12/2025 · ORANGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle
- **Source:** Barge
- **Secondary source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
## Employer
- **Name:** Channel Marine Services
- **Location:** 5320 Church House Rd., ORANGE, TEXAS, 77630
- **NAICS:** 488390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting a tank barge's cargo tank after pressure-washing its inside. He was resting at the top of the fixed ladder, with his upper body out of the tank hatch, when he collapsed and fell about 13 feet into the cargo tank. The employee sustained a fractured spine requiring surgery. The employee hospitalized.

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