# Fractures at Cape Dredging, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019044293` · 4/28/2019 · BUXTON, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Barge
## Employer
- **Name:** Cape Dredging, Inc.
- **Location:** 48197 Frog Pond Land, NC Hwy 12, BUXTON, NORTH CAROLINA, 27920
- **NAICS:** 212321
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was disconnecting two barges that were pinned together for the duration of a project. After cutting through the pinned connection with a torch, the barge shifted unexpectedly on land and struck the employee's chest resulting in broken ribs.

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