# Fractures at AWP Safety
> OSHA SIR `20231110476` · 11/14/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AWP Safety
- **Location:** 99 Grand Parkway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77030
- **NAICS:** 561990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to move temporary traffic control equipment. The top mass of the equipment became dislodged and struck the employee's hard hat, resulting in a neck fracture.

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