# Fractures at DPR Construction Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054894` · 5/23/2025 · ABILENE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other lower extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Mini excavators
- **Secondary source:** Rulers, tape measures
## Employer
- **Name:** DPR Construction Inc.
- **Location:** 617 Old Anson Road, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79601
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 23, 2025, at approximately 10:50 a.m. the injured employee was assisting the operator of a mini excavator to ensure the grade/depth of an excavation. He crossed a trench that is 14" wide with a grade stick (2" x 2") in his hand and ended up on the ground behind the mini excavator. Simultaneously, the mini excavator moved backward and the base of the grading stick was caught by the tracks of the excavator, causing the employee to fall to the ground and become pinned underneath the excavator track. The employee sustained fractures to his right and left femurs, his pelvis, and his right ankle.

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