# Spinal cord injuries, paralysis  unspecified at Bechtel Energy Construction Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025076412` · 7/3/2025 · PORTLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Spinal cord injuries, paralysis  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving in opposite directions, oncoming
- **Source:** All-terrain vehicle (ATV)
- **Secondary source:** Bulldozers
## Employer
- **Name:** Bechtel Energy Construction Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 2822 La Quinta Rd, PORTLAND, TEXAS, 78374
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 3, 2025, at approximately 9:45 PM, an employee was operating a utility task vehicle (UTV) on a project road when the UTV struck the rear of a reversing bulldozer. The employee struck their head and face on the UTV dashboard and collapsed onto a UTV passenger. The employee was hospitalized with a forehead laceration, a nasal fracture, and central cord syndrome. The other employee on the UTV sustained a bruised left forearm and was not hospitalized.

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