# Fractures at Texas International Terminals
> OSHA SIR `2022010435` · 1/15/2022 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas International Terminals
- **Location:** 4800 Old port Industrial Rd., GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77550
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a fixed ladder on a rail car. A gust of wind caused him to fall to the ballast rocks about 4-6 feet below. He suffered a broken left arm.

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