# Fractures at Tropicana Manufacturing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231110086` · 11/1/2023 · BRADENTON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
- **Source:** Golf cart, personnel transport cart
## Employer
- **Name:** Tropicana Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1001 13TH AVENUE EAST, BRADENTON, FLORIDA, 34208
- **NAICS:** 311411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a golf cart when its left leaf spring cracked, causing the cart to abruptly turn left into a nearby ditch. The employee suffered three fractures in his right leg below the knee, as well as severe lacerations on his head and forehead.

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