# Fractures at BIC Construction
> OSHA SIR `2024021232` · 2/8/2024 · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object pushed or pulled by person
- **Source:** Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
- **Secondary source:** Switchboards, panels, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** BIC Construction
- **Location:** 5900 O St, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68510
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a push-cart down a ramp into a lower mechanical room. The cart had 12 bags of cement weighting 80 pounds each. The cart pushed the employee down the ramp and pinned his leg was against a housekeeping pad containing a switch gear at the bottom of the ramp. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula that required hospitalization.

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