# Fractures at Riptide Property Maintenance
> OSHA SIR `2025043582` · 4/17/2025 · HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle trailers, trailing units
## Employer
- **Name:** Riptide Property Maintenance
- **Location:** 631 S 17th St, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17104
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting a wooden sign crate. The employee strapped the crate to his trailer when the crating failed. He was getting off the trailer and the crate fell onto his leg, resulting in a broken leg that required hospitalization.

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