# Fractures and dislocations at Traffic Systems Construction
> OSHA SIR `2023043350` · 4/14/2023 · DICKINSON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Towers, poles, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Traffic Systems Construction
- **Location:** 520 FM 646 North, DICKINSON, TEXAS, 77539
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 14, 2023, four employees were working at the company yard removing 50-foot, 3,000-pound signal poles. One employee was using a forklift to remove signal poles from the trailer when a pole fell off the forklift and landed on an employee that was working on the ground. The injured employee was hospitalized for bilateral leg fractures and a dislocated shoulder and required surgery.

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