# Fractures at Nelson Tree Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015097005` · 9/23/2015 · DUNBAR, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nelson Tree Service, Inc.
- **Location:** Hwy 25 and 26th Street, DUNBAR, WEST VIRGINIA, 25064
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was flagging traffic with a stop sign. A motor vehicle failed to stop, left the roadway, and struck the employee. The employee sustained a broken tibia and fibula, as well as facial lacerations.

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