# Fractures at Tanmar Rentals, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191010687` · 10/12/2019 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Tanmar Rentals, LLC
- **Location:** 2700Elkins Road, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79705
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was a spotter for a forklift operator. He was walking backwards when he stumbled and fell to the ground. The forklift driver stopped and the load (pit liner material roll) rolled off the forks, striking the employee and breaking his legs.

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