# Fractures at Traffic Control Safety Services
> OSHA SIR `2016042838` · 4/5/2016 · AMSTERDAM, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Traffic Control Safety Services
- **Location:** north of SR 43 and SR 164, AMSTERDAM, OHIO, 43903
- **NAICS:** 488999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing flagging duties for traffic control while a company truck performed pole work. The employee was on the step of the truck when the truck moved. The employee fell onto the road, suffering a skull fracture and road rash.

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