# Fractures at STEPHENS & SMITH CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018099994` · 9/27/2018 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** STEPHENS & SMITH CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
- **Location:** 5711 S. 60th St., OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68117
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were pumping concrete into a 6-foot wall. The pump was plugged, then surged, causing concrete to spray out of it in force and the hose to whip. One of the employees was struck by the hose and knocked off the wall to the ground. The employee suffered broken ribs.

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