# Fractures at MasTec Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087200` · 8/7/2024 · LAKEWAY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collapse, engulfment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Exterior vehicle and machine parts  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MasTec Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 137 Sailfish Street, LAKEWAY, TEXAS, 78734
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a digger derrick with an auger and bucket attachment as old power poles were being removed. Bolts on the machine's boom broke off, causing it to tip over. The employee struck the ground and suffered a broken femur.

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