# Fractures at Kahlua Martinez Construction
> OSHA SIR `20221211275` · 12/30/2022 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** Kahlua Martinez Construction
- **Location:** 4437 Supply Court, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78744
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was constructing a retaining wall. He parked a backhoe facing the wall so that he could get mortar from the bucket of the backhoe. As the employee was removing mortar from the bucket, the backhoe rolled forward, pinning the employee against the retaining wall. He sustained a femur fracture.

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