# Fractures at Vac-One Services
> OSHA SIR `2024010464` · 1/17/2024 · EULESS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ice blocks, cubes, crushed
- **Secondary source:** Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Vac-One Services
- **Location:** 12665 Calloway Cemetery Rd., EULESS, TEXAS, 76040
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 17, 2024, an employee was dumping the debris tank of a hydrovac truck at a landfill. As the employee was removing ice that was stuck to the inside of the debris tank door, a frozen block of mud/water slid out of the tank and struck the employee's right leg, resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

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