# Fractures at Tropical Maintenance, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098418` · 9/6/2016 · LADY LAKE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle on side of road
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tropical Maintenance, Inc.
- **Location:** Route 466 between Sumter and Lake County, LADY LAKE, FLORIDA, 32159
- **NAICS:** 541320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up trash on the side of the road and throwing it on a trailer when a vehicle struck the trailer from behind, causing the trailer to shift and break the employee's leg.

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