# Fractures at Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens
> OSHA SIR `2024076284` · 7/11/2024 · ASTORIA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area  unspecified
- **Source:** Taxi
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens
- **Location:** 29-15 36th Avenue, ASTORIA, NEW YORK, 11101
- **NAICS:** 813110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a client exiting a company vehicle when he was struck by a taxi that had lost control. The employee sustained fractures to both legs. The left leg required surgery due to fractures of the tibia, fibula, and ankle.

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