# Fractures at Miller Pipeline Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016087402` · 8/9/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Mini excavators
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller Pipeline Corporation
- **Location:** 701 Fostoria Ln, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77076
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was offloading a termite mini excavator from a trailer when the excavator missed the ramp and began to tip over. The employee dismounted the excavator and broke the left femur, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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