# Fractures at British American, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016076761` · 7/25/2016 · LATHAM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-riding
## Employer
- **Name:** British American, LLC
- **Location:** 19 British American Blvd, LATHAM, NEW YORK, 12110
- **NAICS:** 531312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee lost control of a riding lawnmower he was operating on the side of a hill. 
The lawnmower was slipping downhill toward parked cars. 
The employee dismounted the lawnmower and attempted to stop it when the mower ran over his leg, breaking it.

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