# Fractures at Gulf States Trucking
> OSHA SIR `2023098389` · 9/11/2023 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf States Trucking
- **Location:** 4033 Malone Dr, PASADENA, TEXAS, 77507
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a wooden crate by hand when the crate shifted and fell onto his right upper leg. The employee was hospitalized with a broken femur.

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