# Fractures at Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021109368` · 10/30/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone, unspecified
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc.
- **Location:** North Bound Lanes of US HWY 59 & Loop 610 Ramp, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77056
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shovel to clean out barricades inside a work zone on a roadway when a vehicle entered the work zone and struck the employee, resulting in three fractured ribs and swelling in the leg.

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