# Fractures at TechnipFMC
> OSHA SIR `2024087506` · 8/15/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
## Employer
- **Name:** TechnipFMC
- **Location:** 13460 Lockwood Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77044
- **NAICS:** 332919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was function testing a flushing unit when the unit failed and the access panel was forced open as the filter housing ejected upward from the unit. The access panel struck the employee on his hard hat and he fell backward onto concrete, resulting in a fracture to their C1 vertebra.

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