# Fractures at Ahern's Painting Contractors
> OSHA SIR `20231211441` · 12/16/2023 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ahern's Painting Contractors
- **Location:** Intersection of Broadway and Van Sinderen Avenue, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11207
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the street holding a stop/slow paddle and directing the flow of traffic. As they were holding the stop sign, a vehicle attempted to drive around the employee but struck them. The employee sustained fractures to the tibia and fibula and was hospitalized.

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