# Fractures at Marco Tulio Ortiz Chacon
> OSHA SIR `2019099679` · 9/16/2019 · SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Porches, balconies, decks, patios
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** Marco Tulio Ortiz Chacon
- **Location:** 1600 McCarty Lane, SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, 78666
- **NAICS:** 236116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking trash and throwing it out over a balcony railing when the railing gave out. The employee and the railing fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. He fractured his right wrist, forearm, and leg.

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