# Fractures at Ferguson Enterprises
> OSHA SIR `2016010100` · 1/6/2016 · DEL RIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Liftgates
## Employer
- **Name:** Ferguson Enterprises
- **Location:** 1008 S. Main St., DEL RIO, TEXAS, 78840
- **NAICS:** 423720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grabbing 2-inch by 20-foot lengths of copper pipe from the back of a tractor trailer. The employee put the pipe on their shoulder while standing on the lift gate at ground level, then tripped on the lift gate handle and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a head laceration and broken leg.

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