# Fractures at Texas Sterling Construction Co.
> OSHA SIR `2023043446` · 4/17/2023 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Sterling Construction Co.
- **Location:** 5638 FM 1346, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78220
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had parked a backhoe and walked about 20 feet away from it toward his own vehicle. The backhoe slid downhill, and its bucket pinned the employee against his vehicle and broke his right knee.

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