# Fractures at US Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District
> OSHA SIR `2024087496` · 8/15/2024 · CONCHAS DAM, NEW MEXICO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Lawn mower  riding
- **Secondary source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** US Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District
- **Location:** Conchas Lake, CONCHAS DAM, NEW MEXICO, 88416
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was operating a zero-turn lawn mower. He was approaching a pipe gate when the mower got stuck on some large rocks. The employee applied more gas to the  lawn mower and the mower went forward off a rock. The mower deck then went under the gate and the employee's right leg struck the pipe gate. The employee sustained a fractured right tibia requiring hospitalization.

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