# Fractures at DXP Enterprises, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010392` · 1/12/2018 · SNYDER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** DXP Enterprises, Inc.
- **Location:** 2710 25th Street, SNYDER, TEXAS, 79549
- **NAICS:** 423840
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a metal skid that was leaned up against a wall. When he moved the skid, two or three skids behind it shifted forward, causing the skid to fall on top of him. He then fell and struck his head on the ground, fracturing his skull and his femur.

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