# Fractures at River Roads Distribution
> OSHA SIR `2024043701` · 4/29/2024 · GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle trailers, trailing units
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** River Roads Distribution
- **Location:** 1520 E Chain of Rocks Rd Granite City, Illinois 62040, GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working underneath a trailer to repair the axel. The trailer was supported by manual jacks. The jack failed/kicked out and the trailer fell on both of the employee's legs. The employee sustained fractures to their left tibia, patella, tibial plateau, and right fibula.

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