# Strains at Kent Companies Texas LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018065795` · 6/13/2018 · CARROLLTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Strains
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Chain-link fences, panels
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kent Companies Texas LLC
- **Location:** 1001 West Main Street, CARROLLTON, TEXAS, 75006
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were tying rebar and getting ready to pour a concrete slab for a ramp to a parking lot of a multi-family dwelling under construction. A vehicle struck a temporary chain link fence that the employees were working in close proximity to causing it to fall over onto the employees and trap them. One employee was admitted to the hospital for a strained back and contusions.

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