# Fractures at SM Fencing & Energy Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109658` · 10/9/2017 · NEW TOWN, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Berms
## Employer
- **Name:** SM Fencing & Energy Services, Inc.
- **Location:** County Road 55, NEW TOWN, NORTH DAKOTA, 58763
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a telehandler on a county road and moved to the shoulder to avoid oncoming traffic. The shoulder gave out and the telehandler tipped on its side into the ditch. The employee sustained two broken ribs and was hospitalized.

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