# Fractures at Delaware City Refining Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016010669` · 1/23/2016 · DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in roadway
- **Source:** Pickup truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Delaware City Refining Company, LLC
- **Location:** 4550 Wrangle Hill Road, DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE, 19706
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

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Delaware City Refining Company employee was walking to his work location on 1/23/16, at approximately 1:00 AM during an intense snow event. As he was walking, he stopped on the side of the road to allow a snow-plowing pickup truck to pass and then crossed the street. The pickup truck reversed and its back bumper contacted the employee from behind, fracturing his femur. He was hospitalized.

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