# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Seward Operating, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017088408` · 8/31/2017 · NEW FLORENCE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Seward Operating, LLC
- **Location:** 595 Plant Road, NEW FLORENCE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15944
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a backhoe to clean fuel bunkers when a backhoe attachment broke through the back window of the operator's cab and struck the employee. The employee was found unresponsive with head and face injuries, requiring hospitalization. The employee suffered a concussion, a broken orbital bone and a laceration.

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