# Fractures at High West Construction Services Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024043551` · 4/24/2024 · HARLINGEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Graders, scrapers construction
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** High West Construction Services Inc
- **Location:** 20057 Searcy Ranch Road, HARLINGEN, TEXAS, 78550
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been working subgrade material with a motor grader. While parked, he opened the door to get out and talk with a co-worker. He was holding the door as a gust of wind swung the door open and threw him out. He landed on his feet and fell over, sustaining a fractured left tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

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