# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Pieper Houston Electric, LP
> OSHA SIR `20241211245` · 12/5/2024 · MAGNOLIA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  vehicle overturn
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Pieper Houston Electric, LP
- **Location:** 11750 FM 1488, MAGNOLIA, TEXAS, 77353
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was extended 24 feet in a telescopic mast lift when the lift drove over a hole that had previously been filled with soil. The tires sank in the soil, causing the lift to tip over. The employee fell with the lift to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with bruising to his head, face, and the left side of his body, as well as broken teeth, a fractured jaw, a fractured left arm, and a dislocated left finger. He required surgery. The employee was wearing PPE and fall protection was in place at the time.

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