# Fractures at United Rentals
> OSHA SIR `2023032752` · 3/28/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Rentals
- **Location:** Nouryon Surface Chemistry, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77053
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reseating a forklift's counterweight using a second forklift. With the counterweight on the ground, the employee was adjusting it and the support slings. The counterweight started to lean and fell forward, catching the employee's right leg against the first forklift's chassis. Their leg was broken.

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