# Fractures at Knoebels Three Ponds, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109208` · 10/2/2024 · ELYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle struck by falling or flying object(s), nonroadway
- **Source:** Lawn mower  riding
- **Secondary source:** Ball, stick, and throwing sports equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Knoebels Three Ponds, Inc.
- **Location:** 954 Pennsylvania 487, ELYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17824
- **NAICS:** 713910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were driving groundskeeping mowers to cut the grass on a golf course. As the two mowers passed each other, one mower struck and threw a golf ball into the right leg of the employee operating the second mower. The injured employee was hospitalized with two fractures in their lower right leg.

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