# Fractures at American Spotting Company of Texas
> OSHA SIR `20171110493` · 11/2/2017 · SUGAR LAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** American Spotting Company of Texas
- **Location:** 12910 Jess Pirtle Blvd, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, 77487
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck by a trailer that was backing up to a dock door, breaking his femur.

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