# Cuts, lacerations at Richie Jones Construction
> OSHA SIR `2016021159` · 2/6/2016 · FAYETTE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Dirt, earth
## Employer
- **Name:** Richie Jones Construction
- **Location:** 4451 Highway 61, FAYETTE, MISSISSIPPI, 39069
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating surveying equipment. A dirt clod rolled down a hill and struck the employee in the back knocking him to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a back laceration.

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