# Fractures at Global Optics L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2017054329` · 5/12/2017 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Global Optics L.L.C.
- **Location:** 1543 Yale, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78520
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a service line to the residence. The ladder shifted as he was climbing it, causing him to fall approximately 10 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a broken left wrist requiring surgery to repair and lacerations to the face and right arm.

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