# Fractures at Best Block
> OSHA SIR `2023064981` · 6/6/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Best Block
- **Location:** 4403 Woodhead St, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77098
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to deliver rebar to a jobsite. The rebar could not fit through the delivery gate and was raised in order to clear the gate. The rebar then caused the forklift to tip forward, causing the employee to strike his head on the roll cage. The employee sustained a neck fracture.

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