# Fractures at Cooper Ports America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025054520` · 5/13/2025 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle
- **Source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner
- **Secondary source:** Cranes  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper Ports America, LLC
- **Location:** 111 E. Loop North, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been flagging a crane operator via radio. Cargo shifted during a hoisting evolution and the employee became caught between a shipping container and a bulkhead in the cargo hold of a marine cargo vessel. The employee's right elbow was fractured.

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