# Fractures at McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211088` · 12/4/2023 · PEARSALL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 4540 I-35, PEARSALL, TEXAS, 78061
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bringing a pallet jack to the edge of a truck when he stumbled and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground. The employee fractured his left shoulder.

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