# Fractures at Van Kirk Bros
> OSHA SIR `2018010340` · 1/11/2018 · HASTINGS, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Van Kirk Bros
- **Location:** N. Shore Dr., HASTINGS, NEBRASKA, 68901
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a section of pipe that was being lifted with an excavator so that a connection could be made. The excavator bucket slid down and struck the employee's arm and leg resulting in a left arm fracture.

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