# Fractures at Omni Erecting Services, LP
> OSHA SIR `2017021663` · 2/21/2017 · DFW AIRPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Omni Erecting Services, LP
- **Location:** DFW Airport Terminal E, DFW AIRPORT, TEXAS, 75261
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a crow bar to move steel beams for unloading while standing on the trailer bed of a truck. 

The crow bar came loose from the material, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall to the ground. He extended his arms to break his fall, resulting in broken bones in his right wrist and left elbow. He required surgery.

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