# Fractures at Bear Communications, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017088167` · 8/24/2017 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle on side of road
- **Source:** Automobile
## Employer
- **Name:** Bear Communications, LLC
- **Location:** 2728 Muir Woods Dr., HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35810
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were installing MST boxes behind their company truck on the side of the road when a car traveling in the same direction struck both employees. One of the employees was hospitalized with a broken left femur.

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