# Fractures at Prairie Contractors, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021042843` · 4/6/2021 · LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Prairie Contractors, LLC
- **Location:** LA-94 near intersection with LA-353, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70501
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting down temporary reflectorized striping tape during milling operations. A vehicle ran through the work zone, striking a motorized boom and then striking the employee who was following behind the motorized boom. The employee sustained a broken leg.

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