# Fractures at NORTHEAST CONTRACTORS INC.
> OSHA SIR `20181111406` · 11/5/2018 · NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NORTHEAST CONTRACTORS INC.
- **Location:** 320 York Street, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 06511
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A truck pulled under a conveyor system (being used to remove dirt that had been excavated from an interior courtyard). The truck's canopy roller struck the conveyor, moving it forward and causing it to strike a nearby employee and break three of his ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*