# Fractures at North Texas Contracting Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020043821` · 4/25/2020 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
- **Source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** North Texas Contracting Inc.
- **Location:** Chisolm Trail and McPherson Blvd, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76123
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a T-post fencing stake using a stake remover tool. While using his body weight to push down on the lever, his leg twisted and broke. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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