# Fractures at Rountree Towers
> OSHA SIR `2024032730` · 3/27/2024 · RHOME, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area  unspecified
- **Source:** Skid-steer loaders, mini loaders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Rountree Towers
- **Location:** 663 Hickory St, RHOME, TEXAS, 76078
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with moving a tower appurtenance (a bracket used to hold radios on a tower) weighing 250 lbs. when the load shifted as the skid steer exited the driveway. The skid steer tilted forward and the employee's leg was broken.

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