# Fractures at American Contract Excavation Services Inc
> OSHA SIR `20201211915` · 12/22/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Mud
## Employer
- **Name:** American Contract Excavation Services Inc
- **Location:** 18123 Upper Bay Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77058
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew had just finished backfilling an excavation on a construction site and were putting lime on the soil. An employee slipped and tripped in mud and could not get out of the way of an excavator as it backed up. He suffered a broken left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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