# Fractures at Vertical Mechanical Group
> OSHA SIR `2025021130` · 2/4/2025 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object tipping over
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Vertical Mechanical Group
- **Location:** 1776 K St NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20006
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a scissor lift with an external control when the scissor lift fell onto the employee's right leg. His leg was caught in the scissor lift and fractured.

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