# Fractures at Harco Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109890` · 10/17/2020 · GARDEN CITY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Harco Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 8 to 26 Sonny Perdue Dr., GARDEN CITY, GEORGIA, 31405
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A skid steer was grading rock along a curb for a parking lot. An employee was shoveling the rock along the curb to uncover the curb. The employee lost his balance while shoveling the rock and stepped behind the skid steer while it was backing up. The skid steer ran over the employee's right leg causing a compound fracture to the shin.

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