# Fractures at Penn Elcom, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107905` · 10/22/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn Elcom, Inc.
- **Location:** 5609 Campbell Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 423710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about October 22, 2015, at 3:45 pm, a temporary employee was injured when he fell approximately 12 feet from an upper level. The employee attempted to stand on a pallet that was on the forks of an elevated forklift when the pallet broke. He was hospitalized with injuries including broken wrists, ribs, a broken shoulder and a broken cheekbone.

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