# Fractures at York Torc & Test, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171010140` · 10/23/2017 · CASTOR, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Mining and drilling machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** York Torc & Test, LLC
- **Location:** Adcock #18, CASTOR, LOUISIANA, 71016
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking up equipment to torque test when he stepped onto a wing valve that was 2 feet off of the ground. The wing valve broke, causing him to fall onto the ground. He suffered broken ribs and lower back injuries that required hospitalization.

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