# Fractures at Moss Utilities, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025032714` · 3/21/2025 · MANSFIELD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Dirt, earth, mud
- **Secondary source:** Slopes, embankments
## Employer
- **Name:** Moss Utilities, LLC
- **Location:** Village of South Pointe, MANSFIELD, TEXAS, 76063
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing excavation work to expose a 12-foot water pipe. A large clod of dirt estimated to be 3 to 4 feet in size dislodged from a spoil pile and fell, striking his right leg. The impact caused the employee to lose consciousness momentarily. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured tibia and fibula and required surgery.

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