# Fractures at TIC- The Industrial Company
> OSHA SIR `20201211787` · 12/17/2020 · GAINESVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** TIC- The Industrial Company
- **Location:** 4794 FM 1198, GAINESVILLE, TEXAS, 76240
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working inside a wind turbine when they slipped and fell approximately 57 feet off the ladder, striking a ladder support and resulting in two broken legs.

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