# Fractures at Mid-Central Energy Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087194` · 8/8/2023 · GARDENDALE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid-Central Energy Services, LLC
- **Location:** 10760 TX 158, GARDENDALE, TEXAS, 79758
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was changing out a 3-by-3 studded block cross on a stand. They had used a forklift, forklift hooks, and straps to lift the stand and block using the jack handle arms as lifting points. While the U-bolt nuts were being tightened, the straps slipped, the stand tilted, and the block slid off the stand and landed on an employee's left leg and arm. The employee suffered a broken left femur, left ulna, and left radius.

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