# Fractures at Energy Service Company
> OSHA SIR `2015118688` · 11/17/2015 · BOWIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Energy Service Company
- **Location:** Unit #2039 Well Site Preston-518, BOWIE, TEXAS, 76230
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee ran into a guardrail and fractured vertebrae while trying to avoid being struck by a pipe that had fallen from the elevator.

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