# Fractures at Weleded Construction
> OSHA SIR `2017077065` · 7/27/2017 · CLARIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Weleded Construction
- **Location:** Claridge-Export Road, CLARIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15623
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an excavator to excavate a pipeline. While scooping the bucket toward the machine, it hit a rock, and a tooth broke off and went through the windshield of the excavator. The employee sustained a broken right leg.

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