# Fractures at Powertherm Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021042833` · 4/5/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Powertherm Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 6545 North Eldridge Parkway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an overhead crane from a scissor lift. He was holding the object being lifted when the lifting hook caught his glove, causing the employee to fall 10 feet from the scissor lift and suffer fractures to his shoulder, hips, and knee.

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