# Fractures at FESCO, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `20241211744` · 12/19/2024 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Other semi, tractor-trailer
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FESCO, Ltd.
- **Location:** 5000 W East Interstate 20, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79703
- **NAICS:** 212321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A FESCO employee was on top of a trailer assisting a forklift operator with placing equipment onto the semi-truck trailer. While on top of the trailer, the employee stepped backward and fell off the trailer to the ground, landing on his back. The employee was hospitalized for a fracture of their C5 vertebra.

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