# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Matrix Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087380` · 8/12/2024 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Variable restraint containers  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Matrix Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 1200 N Broadway St., LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sitting on a stack of crane mats approximately 4 feet high when the mats fell over. As the employee attempted to get away from the falling mats, one of the mats struck their right ankle, fracturing and dislocating it. The employee was hospitalized.

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