# Fractures at Austin Bridge & Road, LP
> OSHA SIR `2023098218` · 9/6/2023 · MCKINNEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Grates
## Employer
- **Name:** Austin Bridge & Road, LP
- **Location:** 3360 FM 2933, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75071
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been measuring a head gate. The slide gate was being hoisted out of an aeriation basin box when the edge of the slide gate caught on the metal grating at the top of the box. The grating became dislodged and fell, contacting the lower right leg of the employee. The fibula and tibia were fractured.

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