# Fractures at Colorado River Constructors
> OSHA SIR `20201010244` · 10/28/2020 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Colorado River Constructors
- **Location:** 6301 1.5 Levander Loop, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78742
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the basket of an aerial lift, which was being moved across a lane of traffic with help from a spotter truck. A vehicle entered the lane and struck the aerial lift, leaving the employee hanging outside it. The employee suffered minor rib fractures and an abdominal injury.

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