# Fractures at NELSON TREE SERVICE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016109781` · 10/17/2016 · RICHWOOD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **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:** SR 31, RICHWOOD, OHIO, 43344
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing to the side of the road flagging traffic when a vehicle veered off the road and struck him, fracturing his tibia and ribs.

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