# Fractures at Briggs and Stratton Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20191111816` · 11/13/2019 · WOLCOTT, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Briggs and Stratton Corporation
- **Location:** unknown, WOLCOTT, CONNECTICUT, 06705
- **NAICS:** 335312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting a demonstration of a large commercial blower used to remove leaves from sports fields and parking lots. He was using the blower on an incline and lost control of the machinery, which then struck his leg and fractured his tibia.

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