# Fractures at Lowry Contracting, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032919` · 3/27/2017 · SCHERTZ, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowry Contracting, LLC
- **Location:** FM 2252, SCHERTZ, TEXAS, 78154
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and crew were laying pipe in an easement when the employee backed into the roadway and was struck by the rear wheels of an 18-wheeler. The employee suffered a broken femur.

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