# Fractures at Colorado River Constructors
> OSHA SIR `2019011161` · 1/31/2019 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bricks, blocks, structural stone, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Bricks, blocks, structural stone, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Colorado River Constructors
- **Location:** 183 South and Highway 71, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78774
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to correct a rubber seal that had flipped upside down when a concrete panel shifted and crushed the employee's leg between it and another concrete panel. The employee suffered a left femur fracture and left knee laceration.

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