# Fractures at Construction Mechanics
> OSHA SIR `2016065727` · 6/27/2016 · COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Building materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Construction Mechanics
- **Location:** 600 John Kimbrough Blvd, COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, 77843
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in an excavated trench, putting together PVC pipe. A board from the fifth floor fell off and struck the employee's right arm, breaking the humerus.

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