# Fractures at Online Directional Boring
> OSHA SIR `2019066216` · 6/20/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Mini excavators
## Employer
- **Name:** Online Directional Boring
- **Location:** The corner of Fannin and Pressler, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77030
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sweeping a curb when his left foot was run over by a reversing mini excavator. His left foot broke.

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