# Fractures at Railworks Track Systems
> OSHA SIR `2021021754` · 2/25/2021 · BOISE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
- **Source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Railworks Track Systems
- **Location:** 33400 Orchard Access Rd, BOISE, IDAHO, 83716
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a railroad bumping post. As he loosened a nut on a bolt so the bolt could be re-seated, the bumping post collapsed and his right leg was pinned between two pieces of it. He suffered fractures to the tibia and fibula.

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