# Fractures at Republic National Distributing Company
> OSHA SIR `2020087317` · 8/4/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic National Distributing Company
- **Location:** 8045 Northcourt Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77040
- **NAICS:** 424820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking cases in a four-deep pallet location with two pallets left in it. As the employee was taking two cases off one of the pallets, their weight pulled the employee off the second level of the modular line. The employee landed on the floor and suffered a broken right wrist.

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