# Fractures at W Baker Steel LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020043353` · 4/13/2020 · HITCHCOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structural hardware, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** W Baker Steel LLC
- **Location:** Enchanted Oaks, HITCHCOCK, TEXAS, 77563
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about to remove the stair tower so that he and other crew members could replace it with a new tower. He was at the stair landing between the bottom floor and the second floor. He stepped up the first stair tread. The angle clip that held the tread in place was rotted. The employee fell through the stairs to the ground, breaking his right leg.

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