# Fractures at James Peterson Sons Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016088149` · 8/30/2016 · MEDFORD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Dump truck
## Employer
- **Name:** James Peterson Sons Inc.
- **Location:** N2251 Gibson Dr., MEDFORD, WISCONSIN, 54451
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a skid steer loader with chunks of blacktop in the bucket. The bucket was raised and the employee dumped the load into the dump truck. A large piece of blacktop was hanging over the edge of the dump truck and a piece broke off and fell, striking the employee's right knee and fracturing the knee cap.

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