# Fractures at Ohio-West Virginia Excavating
> OSHA SIR `20171211902` · 12/15/2017 · CLARINGTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway
- **Source:** Asphalt and concrete paving machines, pavers
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohio-West Virginia Excavating
- **Location:** Dry Ridge Road, CLARINGTON, OHIO, 43915
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing roadway excavation work when he lost control of a widening machine while going downhill. To avoid the pending impact, he tried to jump clear of the machine and sustained multiple fractures to his right leg.

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