# Fractures at Architectural Surfaces
> OSHA SIR `2021119426` · 11/1/2021 · BUDA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Stone, marble, granite slabs
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Architectural Surfaces
- **Location:** 266 Commercial Dr., BUDA, TEXAS, 78610
- **NAICS:** 327991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the back of a lowboy trailer, guiding a 500-pound stone slab as it was offloaded from the trailer using a forklift with a boom and a stone lifter/slab clamp. The stone slipped out of the lifter and pushed the employee off the trailer, then fell on the employee's right leg just above the ankle. 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*