# Fractures at Bell Bottom Foundation Co.
> OSHA SIR `20161211639` · 12/14/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Bell Bottom Foundation Co.
- **Location:** SH 288 & Belfort Avenue, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77051
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee used a foot step to climb on top of a 6-foot-tall mud tank to de-sand cones, which needed to be repositioned. When he attempted to reposition the cones using his hands, he lost his balance and fell to the ground, breaking his collarbone and six ribs.

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