# Fractures at Aquarion Water Company
> OSHA SIR `2020098968` · 9/22/2020 · EASTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pickup truck
- **Secondary source:** Street, road, driveway-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** Aquarion Water Company
- **Location:** 35 Buck Hill Road, EASTON, CONNECTICUT, 06612
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was riding in the bed of a company pickup truck stabilizing the motor that was being brought over to the dumpster for disposal. When the truck came to a stop, the employee lost his footing and fell out of the truck bed on the driver's side and struck the back of his head on the driveway pavement. The employee suffered a laceration to the back of the head and a skull fracture.

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