# Fractures at Evans Properties, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098374` · 9/6/2016 · OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Mowing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Evans Properties, Inc.
- **Location:** 10410 Bluefield Road, OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, 34972
- **NAICS:** 111320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee leaned against the left upright batwing of a Rhino mower that came unhooked and fell onto the employee. The employee suffered four broken ribs and three fractured vertebrae (L2, L3, L4).

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