# Fractures at UTEX Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010741` · 1/23/2018 · WILLIS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** UTEX Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 11881 N Hwy 75, WILLIS, TEXAS, 77378
- **NAICS:** 339991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking backwards while operating an overhead crane when the employee tripped and fell over a pallet. The employee's right elbow struck the frame of the crane and suffered a fracture.

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