# Fractures at Marek Brothers Systems Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098338` · 9/9/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Wallboard, drywall, sheetrock
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Marek Brothers Systems Inc.
- **Location:** Wells Fargo building, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77002
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering sheets of drywall with a drywall cart. The drywall hit a wall, which caused the sheets to tip over and fall onto the employee's leg, fracturing their right tibia, fibula, and malleolus.

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