# Fractures at Borden Dairy Company
> OSHA SIR `2017109670` · 10/9/2017 · AUSTIN, 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 slipping
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Borden Dairy Company
- **Location:** 71 Strandtman Cove, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78702
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While handing cases of milk from the dock to a coworker standing inside a truck, an employee slipped on the dock and fell, breaking three ribs and requiring hospitalization.

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