# Fractures at Thompson Construction Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015096959` · 9/22/2015 · PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Thompson Construction Services, LLC
- **Location:** 5100 Industrial Dr S, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71602
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a pallet holding an accumulator (equipment) in place while waiting for another employee to pick it up with a forklift. The employee standing on the pallet stepped in between the gaps of the pallet and fell down causing the equipment to fall on his right leg and fracture the femur.

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