# Fractures at Friends of the New Jersey School of Conservation
> OSHA SIR `2024087655` · 8/20/2024 · BRANCHVILLE, NEW JERSEY
## 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:** Solar panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Friends of the New Jersey School of Conservation
- **Location:** P.O Box 403, BRANCHVILLE, NEW JERSEY, 07826
- **NAICS:** 923110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting grass in a field of solar panels. As he approached a solar panel, he stopped the mower to see how close he was to the panel. As he leaned forward, the mower moved forward and struck the solar panel. The employee suffered lacerations to both shins and fractured his right tibia and fibula.

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