# Fractures at LATEX CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2018054731` · 5/15/2018 · GRAFTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
- **Source:** Trees, logs, limbs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LATEX CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
- **Location:** Law Rd. & St. Route 83, GRAFTON, OHIO, 44044
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 15, 2018, an employee was spotting for an excavator that was pulling a tree when a tree branch whiplashed and struck his hip, fracturing his pelvis and requiring hospitalization.

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