# Fractures at West Texas Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015042153` · 4/20/2015 · LEVELLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** West Texas Services Inc.
- **Location:** South Plains Collage, LEVELLAND, TEXAS, 79336
- **NAICS:** 541320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about 20 April 2015 at approximately 1345 hrs, an employee suffered a fractured skull and surgical removal of  bone from the cranial vault. The employee was riding on the open tailgate of a moving utility cargo vehicle when he fell off of the tail gate and impacted the asphalt with his cranium (Left side frontal temporal region).

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