# Fractures at Archie Cochrane Motors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098733` · 9/19/2024 · BILLINGS, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Skid-steer loaders, mini loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Archie Cochrane Motors, Inc.
- **Location:** 2001 1st Ave North, BILLINGS, MONTANA, 59101
- **NAICS:** 441110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was demolishing a steel support beam and transporting it with a skid steer when the beam became stuck. The employee got out of the skid steer to free the beam when they were struck by the beam, resulting in a broken left tibia that required surgery.

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