# Fractures at BOYER, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021109340` · 10/29/2021 · PEARLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** BOYER, INC.
- **Location:** Texas City on West Clear Lake Loop, PEARLAND, TEXAS, 77581
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck in the chest by an auger machine as it was being lifted. The employee was knocked to the ground and he sustained a head injury and a fractured rib.

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