# Fractures at MMC Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2016054152` · 5/13/2016 · COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Pickup truck
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** MMC Contractors
- **Location:** 4500 63rd St., COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, 68601
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading his pickup truck. While waiting for an inspector, he decided to clean some trash out of the bed of his truck. A gust of wind then came along and blew the employee off the tailgate of the truck. He lost his balance and fell to the ground, fracturing his left leg and requiring hospitalization.

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