# Fractures at TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOC, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015063512` · 6/8/2015 · CRAIG, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway
- **Source:** ATV, all terrain vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOC, INC.
- **Location:** Rural Area around Craig at "Right of Way", CRAIG, COLORADO, 81625
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a "Right of Way" on 6/8/2015. He forgot an instrument and got on an ATV to go back for it. While passing the "Right of Way" on a switchback, he hit something (presumably a rock or waterbar) and was thrown from the ATV at approximately 9 a.m. He suffered injuries to the shoulder blades, collarbone, and three ribs (broken) and required hospitalization.

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