# Fractures at Buchannon Oilfield Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019066062` · 6/16/2019 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Buchannon Oilfield Services, LLC
- **Location:** 5118 FM 1379, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was teaching another employee how to operate a backhoe. He was standing on the top step by the cab when the other employee hit a rough area. He then fell off the backhoe to the ground, breaking his left upper femur just below the pelvis area.

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