# Fractures at Baldwin Paving Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054861` · 5/11/2017 · MARIETTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Baldwin Paving Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1014 Kenmill Drive, MARIETTA, GEORGIA, 30060
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a ditch assisting with setting a water pipe. A pipe attached to machinery with a chain struck the employee's leg when the equipment was moved. The employee suffered a fracture under the knee cap that required surgery.

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