# Fractures at EPI Materials Testing Group
> OSHA SIR `2017054069` · 5/4/2017 · CONROE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** EPI Materials Testing Group
- **Location:** 17000 Donwick Dr., CONROE, TEXAS, 77385
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at a storage facility helping clients move an object out of the unit. The clients were using a forklift to move the object while the employee acted as spotter for the forklift. The forklift forks struck the employee and he fell back onto his head on the gravel. He suffered a broken jaw and contusion/cut on the top of his head, requiring hospitalization.

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