# Fractures at Jim Gilman Excavating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021086753` · 8/10/2021 · TOWNSEND, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone
- **Source:** Dump truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Jim Gilman Excavating, Inc.
- **Location:** Hwy 287, TOWNSEND, MONTANA, 59644
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were chip sealing a road. Two employees were working from the ground, moving a pile of chips, when a dump truck struck one of them as it backed up. The employee suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized.

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