# Fractures at Systems MEC LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098824` · 9/25/2023 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Towers, poles, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Systems MEC LLC
- **Location:** 1815 N Foster Rd, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78244
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a rigging line and assisting in the removal of an old light pole from its base. When the load was lifted by a forklift, it shifted. The tag line lifted the employee off the ground and propelled him through the air. The employee landed on the ground and sustained back fractures.

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