# Fractures at Speeler Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221210620` · 12/6/2022 · CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Speeler Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 6111 142nd Avenue North, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33760
- **NAICS:** 813211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading wood piling from a light-duty trailer. The piling rolled off the side of the trailer and pinned the employee against the ground. The employee sustained a fractured tibia that required surgery.

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