# Fractures at Gardner Asphalt Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016109799` · 10/18/2016 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Machine platforms
## Employer
- **Name:** Gardner Asphalt Corporation
- **Location:** 4001 East Seventh Ave, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33605
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell approximately 10 to 12 feet off a mixing tank platform while adding polymer from bags into the tank, fracturing his ribs.

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