# Fractures at Gulf Stream Marine, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043476` · 4/22/2024 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Panels, sheets, plates  metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Stream Marine, Inc.
- **Location:** 2700 R.L. Ostos Rd, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78526
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was removing a piece of 4" x 4" lumber from steel slab cargo in the yard area while another employee was operating a heavy-duty powered industrial truck (PIT) to lift a steel slab with magnets using a reach stacker. The lift was reversing with the cargo hoisted when the rear tire of the PIT hit a pothole and caused the slab to swing back and forth. As a result, the steel slab struck the injured employee in his abdominal area. The employee suffered a pelvic fracture, fractures to the L4 and L5 vertebrae, and a possible bladder contusion.

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