# Fractures at Gulf Rice Milling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015086149` · 8/26/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Trip from stepping into a hole without fall
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Rice Milling, Inc.
- **Location:** 12010 Taylor Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 311212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were loading rice sacks onto a pallet for shipment.  The employees were horse-playing while doing this.  One employee pushed another employee causing him to step in between the slats of the pallet and fracturing the ankle.

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