# Fractures at Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054254` · 5/11/2023 · GIDDINGS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC
- **Location:** 880 North Harris Street, GIDDINGS, TEXAS, 78942
- **NAICS:** 335999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leaving a customer's yard when they heard a dog bark. As they began to walk away faster, they tripped on a garden hose and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.

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