# Fractures at Petroleum Service Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20191011203` · 10/27/2019 · DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision between rail and roadway vehicles
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Petroleum Service Corporation
- **Location:** 39018 LA 3089, DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70346
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was riding the leading-end platform of a railcar as it was entering a road crossing when a semi-truck and trailer operated by a third-party trucking company entered the crossing just in front of the train. The train was unable to stop in time to avoid a collision and the employee was struck by the truck, which fractured both of his legs above the ankle.

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