# Fractures at A. Merante Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087670` · 8/16/2016 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** A. Merante Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** 2nd Ave and Hot Metal Street Bridge, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15201
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An excavator struck an employee, pulling the employee's left ankle under the right track of the machine. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a left ankle fracture.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*