# Fractures at Northwest Express Roadbuilders
> OSHA SIR `2016021209` · 2/8/2016 · MARIETTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Bridges, dams, locks
## Employer
- **Name:** Northwest Express Roadbuilders
- **Location:** 881 Franklin Road, SE, MARIETTA, GEORGIA, 30067
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just poured concrete on the bridge deck and was using a paving machine to move the concrete when the employee slipped back and fell approximately 10 to 11 feet to the lower roadway from the upper bridge level. The employee hit a metal corrugated pipe and fractured the left knee.

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