# Fractures at Valley Prestress Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211705` · 12/16/2016 · EAGLE LAKE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pressure lines, except hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Valley Prestress Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 1520 Calhoun Road, EAGLE LAKE, TEXAS, 77434
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on an air line when a coworker yanked on the line, causing the employee to fall and land on a stack of metal bars. The employee fractured some ribs and was hospitalized.

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