# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Harris & Hart, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087202` · 8/7/2024 · TAYLOR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other lower extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ducts  any material
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Harris & Hart, Inc.
- **Location:** 1530 FM973, TAYLOR, TEXAS, 76574
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spotting for a forklift as it moved an 800-pound section of duct. The load became unstable, fell 6 inches to the ground, and tipped to one side, pinning the employee beneath it. The employee suffered ligament tears in both knees, a fibula fracture, and a right rib fracture. He was hospitalized.

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