# Fractures at Industrial Fabrics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025088216` · 8/18/2025 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Trucks  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hoses  except machine
## Employer
- **Name:** Industrial Fabrics, Inc.
- **Location:** 14200 Sparkle Drive, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70818
- **NAICS:** 314999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 10:00 AM, employees were conducting asphalt loading operations. While securing a hose atop a truck, an employee encountered a malfunction involving a plugged hose. Pressure built up within the hose and suddenly released, causing the hose to fly off the truck. The hose contacted two employees and both employees fell approximately 7 feet. Employee 1 was on top of the truck and sustained three fractured ribs and a head contusion. Employee 1 was hospitalized. Employee 2 was climbing a ladder on the truck and sustained a fractured right leg. Employee 2 was not hospitalized.

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