# Fractures at SPS Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017064979` · 6/1/2017 · ALVIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** SPS Inc.
- **Location:** 2200 E House St, ALVIN, TEXAS, 77511
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 200-foot steel cable with a forklift when the forklift tipped over and landed on the employee's left hand, fracturing it and requiring surgery.

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