# Fractures at Central Gulf Shipyard
> OSHA SIR `2015075166` · 7/28/2015 · NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Gulf Shipyard
- **Location:** 5310 Cornelius Voorhies Rd, NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA, 70560
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell 4 feet from a ladder while cutting a barge cover with a cutting torch. He fractured ribs and was hospitalized.

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