# Fractures at Bracken Construction
> OSHA SIR `2024054786` · 5/31/2024 · COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle trailers, trailing units
## Employer
- **Name:** Bracken Construction
- **Location:** 3413 Charleigh Ford Dr., COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, 39701
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to move a welding machine. He stumbled and fell under the tongue of the trailer, which then fell on the employee. The employee sustained fractures to both bones in their right lower leg.

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