# Fractures at Lupe's Professional Cleaning Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021086764` · 8/10/2021 · PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wallboard, drywall, sheetrock
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Lupe's Professional Cleaning Service, Inc.
- **Location:** Veranda Preserve, PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA, 34984
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking by sheets of drywall stored against the wall of a residential structure under construction. A gust of wind blew the sheets over and they struck the employee's left leg, lacerating and fracturing the upper leg and knee. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

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