# Fractures at Alabama Power Company
> OSHA SIR `2021119879` · 11/15/2021 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Alabama Power Company
- **Location:** 12384 Phelps Rd., TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35406
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing behind a material handling truck watching another employee bring the boom into the cradle position. A vehicle struck the employee (as well as the rear of the truck), breaking the employee's left femur.

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