# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Ecosystems Protection SVC
> OSHA SIR `2020087840` · 8/19/2020 · NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Ecosystems Protection SVC
- **Location:** Hwy 67 N, NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, 72112
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 1:45 p.m. on August 19, 2020, two employees were putting a highway sign on a flatbed truck. The wind blew the sign, knocking one of the employees off the truck. The back of his head struck the curb. He suffered lacerations to the back of the head, a laceration near his left cheek, a broken forearm, and a concussion. He was hospitalized.

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