# Fractures at Bomac Contractors, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `20171212349` · 12/28/2017 · NORCO, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Bomac Contractors, Ltd.
- **Location:** Docks of Shell Norco, NORCO, LOUISIANA, 70079
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a gangway ladder to access a barge when the bolt sheared off the ladder, causing the gangway and the employee to fall 6 feet. The employee suffered fractures.

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