# Fractures at AEP Texas
> OSHA SIR `2024032199` · 3/11/2024 · PHARR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
## Employer
- **Name:** AEP Texas
- **Location:** 5700 North Cage Blvd, PHARR, TEXAS, 78577
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 11, 2024, at about 4:45 PM, an employee was operating an articulating boom lift using the controls while walking from the ground, when they tripped and fell between the body of the lift and the basket and were run over by the moving boom lift. This resulted in multiple fractures to the right lower leg and ankle.

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