# Fractures at The Trinity Company
> OSHA SIR `2018021321` · 2/8/2018 · BROWNFIELD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** The Trinity Company
- **Location:** 500 W. Ross Street, BROWNFIELD, TEXAS, 79316
- **NAICS:** 493130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift to load cotton bales onto a cotton bale truck. As he was exiting the warehouse, he hit a hole in the ground, causing the forklift to tip. Thinking the forklift was going to flip over, he tried to jump off and broke his right leg.

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