# Fractures at North Houston Pole Line, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `20211110225` · 11/29/2021 · THOMPSONS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Electric parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Electric parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** North Houston Pole Line, L.P.
- **Location:** Transmission Right of Way, THOMPSONS, TEXAS, 77481
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disassembling a temporary transmission structure. A conductor butterfly shoe broke as the employee removed it, which caused a polymer stand-off insulator to release and strike the employee in the face. The employee sustained a fractured jaw.

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