# Fractures at GLF Construction Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171010333` · 10/28/2017 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pile drivers, tamping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** GLF Construction Corporation
- **Location:** Port of Tampa, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33616
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pile driver. While connecting a vibrator to the pile, the pile was hit by the vibrator, causing the pile to fall into the cab of the pile driver, hitting the employee. The employee sustained a fractured left leg and three cracked ribs.

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