# Fractures at Builders FirstSource
> OSHA SIR `2024054090` · 5/9/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Builders FirstSource
- **Location:** 5525 Brittmoore Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was making adjustments to a spacer applicator when the machine moved and hit them, fracturing their ribs.

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