# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Scala Contracting Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043836` · 4/21/2017 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bricks, blocks, structural stone, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Scala Contracting Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 349 Henry Street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11201
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving an excavator down a ramp from the second floor to the ground floor when the boom struck a slab and caused the equipment to stop. The employee's body then moved forward and struck the windshield, causing head and neck injuries.

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