# Fractures at IOWA BRIDGE & CULVERT, LC
> OSHA SIR `2016064978` · 6/6/2016 · GAINESVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structures, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** IOWA BRIDGE & CULVERT, LC
- **Location:** 18464 FM 51, GAINESVILLE, TEXAS, 76240
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an excavator to place a concrete barrier rail and crash cushions when the excavator boom moved and pinched the employee beneath a section of crash cushion. The employee suffered a broken left femur.

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