# Fractures at Republic Services of Florida
> OSHA SIR `2025043769` · 4/23/2025 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery
- **Source:** Trucks  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Wheel chocks, blocks
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services of Florida
- **Location:** 5210 W. Linebaugh Avenue, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33624
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing the back-up alarms on a truck in a maintenance shop. A chock on a wheel failed and another chock slid. The truck rolled backward and caught the employee's right leg against the bumpers of a parked utility truck. The employee suffered a broken right femur and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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