# Fractures at American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054667` · 5/28/2024 · SPICEWOOD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Other semi, tractor-trailer
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 406 Lakeside Dr., SPICEWOOD, TEXAS, 78669
- **NAICS:** 423330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the bed of a flatbed commercial truck preparing to offload building materials to a residence. The wind picked up and knocked him off balance. He landed on a concrete driveway sustaining fractures to five areas of his leg/knee. The employee required surgery.

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