# Fractures at RES AMERICA CONSTRUCTION, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018054578` · 5/11/2018 · TAMPA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** RES AMERICA CONSTRUCTION, INC.
- **Location:** 3250 Indigo Rd, TAMPA, KANSAS, 67483
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were manually offloading a steel H-brace from a utility trailer. As the crew was attempting to push the brace away from the trailer, the brace slid down and struck one employee across both knees. The employee suffered a fracture to the left knee and a 4-inch laceration above the left knee.

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