# Fractures at Gainco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019066325` · 6/24/2019 · HARLINGEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gainco, Inc.
- **Location:** N 5902, 201 N 'T' Street, HARLINGEN, TEXAS, 78550
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee bent down to pick up a small section of rebar so a backhoe operator would not run over the rebar and puncture a tire. When the employee stood upright and started walking, he tripped on a small object, causing him to fall and land on his right shoulder. He was hospitalized due to a right shoulder fracture.

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