# Fractures at Pacific Ship Repair and Fabrication
> OSHA SIR `2020043479` · 4/15/2020 · BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on water vehicle
- **Source:** Water vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pacific Ship Repair and Fabrication
- **Location:** 8390 Barney White Road, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, 98312
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was setting up for hot work on a scaffolding platform. He opened the swing gate at the platform entry and lost his grip on the ladder while transferring from the platform, falling approximately 5 feet onto the main deck of the ship. He was hospitalized with a compression fracture to the T2 vertebra.

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