# Fractures at Marten Transport Ltd
> OSHA SIR `2023021228` · 2/7/2023 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Marten Transport Ltd
- **Location:** 11001 Gateway Blvd., West, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79935
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished backing his trailer into the dock and opened the trailer doors when pallets fell on top of him. The employee sustained contusions, an arm fracture, and swollen jaw.

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