# Fractures at ODDEE SMITH CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `2017043703` · 4/27/2017 · BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
- **Source:** Bulldozers
## Employer
- **Name:** ODDEE SMITH CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED
- **Location:** Access Rd., BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI, 39601
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a bulldozer to clear debris when the bulldozer fell into an 8-foot pit. He sustained two fractured vertebrae in the lower back.

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