# Fractures at Earthworks Site Development & Utilities Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016099059` · 9/24/2016 · GRAFTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Loaders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Earthworks Site Development & Utilities Inc
- **Location:** 75 Carrol Road, GRAFTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 01519
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a loader to backfill a trench with sand when the loader turned over and slid into the open trench. The employee's leg contacted the control console of the loader, breaking the fibula and requiring hospitalization.

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