# Fractures at Dish Planet, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023043782` · 4/27/2023 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
- **Source:** Pickup truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Dish Planet, LLC
- **Location:** 11401 US 87, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79423
- **NAICS:** 423620
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were using a pickup truck to move a 16-inch poly pipe across a road. The injured employee was directing traffic. As the pipe pulled parallel to him, it struck his leg, resulting in a broken femur.

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