# Fractures at Averitt Express Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025065810` · 6/18/2025 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Propane tanks and cylinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Averitt Express Inc
- **Location:** 611 W TRINITY BLVD, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75050
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting an 80-pound propane tank onto a forklift when he fell, resulting in a right femur fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

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