# Fractures at SER Infrastructure Services
> OSHA SIR `2021075509` · 7/6/2021 · HIGHLANDS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Loaders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SER Infrastructure Services
- **Location:** 1001 East Fwy., HIGHLANDS, TEXAS, 77562
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 6, 2021, at approximately 8:30 AM a semi-truck was delivering rebar to the site. As an employee went to the rear of the truck to help guide it, a loader grabbed one side of the rebar and caused the other side to bounce and strike the employee on his left leg. The employee suffered fractures to his tibia and fibula.

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