# Fractures at DEPT OF THE ARMY
> OSHA SIR `2017021729` · 2/22/2017 · FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DEPT OF THE ARMY
- **Location:** 261 19th St, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI, 65473
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were offloading materials on the loading dock when a truck driver backed into and struck them. They were pinned between the loading dock and the lift gate of the truck, suffering compound fractures to their femurs.

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