# Fractures at CEI Electrical Contractors
> OSHA SIR `20241110795` · 11/19/2024 · COLSTRIP, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  jack-knifed or ran off driving surface
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** CEI Electrical Contractors
- **Location:** PO Box 1934, COLSTRIP, MONTANA, 59323
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a rough-terrain forklift to a site using an access road. The employee pulled over to the side of the road to let a haul truck pass by. The edge of the road gave way, and the telehandler slid sideways into a borrow pit, landing on its side. The employee's T11 and T12 vertebrae were fractured due to the impact.

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