# Fractures at Posillico Civil, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110570` · 11/12/2024 · EL INDIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Panels, sheets, plates  metal
- **Secondary source:** Slings
## Employer
- **Name:** Posillico Civil, Inc.
- **Location:** 143 AT Gil Road, EL INDIO, TEXAS, 78860
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was installing a border wall. The border wall panels were being lifted by a nylon round sling when the sling was cut by the rough, sharp edge of the steel panel. The wall panels (also called bollards) fell onto the employees. Two employees were hospitalized with fractures to their lower extremities and contusions.

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