# Fractures at Republic Services
> OSHA SIR `2015085856` · 8/17/2015 · KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services
- **Location:** 220 Saulin Blvd, KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19406
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking from the bathroom in an area where a bucket loader was operating. The loader struck and broke the employee's right leg while it was backing up.

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