# Fractures at Coastal Contractors, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024065459` · 6/19/2024 · BAKER, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian incidents involving motorized land vehicles, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pickup truck
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Coastal Contractors, Inc
- **Location:** 11415 Blackwater Rd, BAKER, LOUISIANA, 70714
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a transport vehicle that was leaving the jobsite by watching for oncoming traffic. After the transport vehicle (18-wheeler) departed, a pickup truck pulled onto the street. The employee then turned toward the rear of the pickup truck as it was moving away from him and started running after it. The employee went to jump onto the bumper and struck his left leg on the ball hitch. The employee's leg was fractured.

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