# Fractures at SJ & L General Contractors, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018043244` · 4/5/2018 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident, unspecified
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
- **Secondary source:** Culverts, nonconfined ditches
## Employer
- **Name:** SJ & L General Contractors, LLC
- **Location:** Mid City Project, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35802
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing an existing concrete culvert with an excavator when the concrete culvert broke, causing a jolt to the employee, who suffered five fractured ribs.

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