# Fractures at Tejas Underground Utilities
> OSHA SIR `2016032439` · 3/24/2016 · KINGWOOD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Tejas Underground Utilities
- **Location:** Westlake Houston Pkwy, KINGWOOD, TEXAS, 77339
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A front-end loader bucket on an articulated wheel loader was transferring tools to another part of the work site. The operator of the wheel loader inadvertently released the end loader, which fell on top of and broke an employee's left foot. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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