# Fractures at Sunbelt Rentals Trench Safety
> OSHA SIR `2023098794` · 9/23/2023 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Sunbelt Rentals Trench Safety
- **Location:** 5506 North Interstate 35, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78218
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using rachet straps to secure equipment on a flatbed when a pipe fell and struck their head and left leg. The employee suffered a laceration to the head and a fractured leg.

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