# Abrasions, scratches at Bridgeport Tank Trucks, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016087313` · 8/7/2016 · COVINGTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Abrasions, scratches
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Bridgeport Tank Trucks, LLC
- **Location:** Thelma Gene Turner 1 gas wellsite, COVINGTON, TEXAS, 76636
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping down out of a commercial truck cab when he missed the bottom step with his foot. He lost his grip on the handholds and fell backward to the ground, hitting his head on the gravel surface and suffering a head abrasion.

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