# Fractures and burns at Frontier Oil Tools
> OSHA SIR `20171111327` · 11/29/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Lamps, light fixtures
## Employer
- **Name:** Frontier Oil Tools
- **Location:** 6230 Bingle road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77092
- **NAICS:** 424710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a pallet being lifted by a forklift to change out a light fixture. He tried to cut into a live cable with wire cutters and was shocked. He then lost his balance and fell 20 feet onto metal pipes below, suffering a head fracture, shoulder fracture, and left hand burns.

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