# Fractures at Hamilton Construction Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010077` · 1/3/2019 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Dump truck
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hamilton Construction Inc.
- **Location:** reliable Asphalt Corporation Plant, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an articulating hauler and preparing to dump concrete onto a designated site when the earth gave way beneath the truck, causing it to fall and topple on its side. As a result, the employee suffered a broken femur.

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