# Fractures at Cruz Contractor LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017054213` · 5/9/2017 · MASPETH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cruz Contractor LLC
- **Location:** 59-30 54th Street, MASPETH, NEW YORK, 11378
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking if there was enough clearance between an excavator and a fence when the excavator operator tried to move the excavator tracks. The excavator bucket moved instead and struck the employee against a trench box. He suffered fractured ribs.

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