# Fractures at Mitchell Crane
> OSHA SIR `2015096584` · 9/9/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mitchell Crane
- **Location:** 10600 Wallisville Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77013
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a crane motor. As the motor started, it backfired through the exhaust where the employee was standing. He jumped from the crane chassis to the floor (approximately 4 feet) and fractured his left knee. He was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*