# Fractures at Nixcavating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022108987` · 10/12/2022 · BOULDER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Nixcavating, Inc.
- **Location:** 3810 Spring Valley Rod, BOULDER, COLORADO, 80304
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to unload rebar from a flatbed truck. The 6,000-pound bundles fell off the fork attachment of the front-end loader and fell onto the employee's feet and ankles, resulting in a broken ankle and crushed feet.

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