# Fractures at Pannell Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054607` · 5/11/2018 · IRVING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Street sweeping and cleaning machinery
- **Secondary source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Pannell Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 2401 Airport Freeway, IRVING, TEXAS, 75062
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed onto a sweeper truck to replace the lid on the water tank. The employee slipped on the wet surface and fell approximately 4 feet to the ground, suffering a spinal fracture.

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