# Fractures at W.G. Yates & Sons Construction
> OSHA SIR `2020021518` · 2/15/2020 · RICHLAND, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Logs
- **Secondary source:** Tractor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** W.G. Yates & Sons Construction
- **Location:** 198 Cleary Rd., RICHLAND, MISSISSIPPI, 39218
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting in cutting downed logs into small sections. An end section of log came loose from the tractor and struck the employee in the right leg fracturing the femur.

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