# Fractures at Riggs Distler & Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054931` · 5/21/2018 · PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Construction debris
- **Secondary source:** Jackhammers-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Riggs Distler & Company, Inc.
- **Location:** US Post Office, PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK, 10573
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a jackhammer to break rock in an excavation when a section of asphalt (approximately 2 feet by 2 feet by 8 inches) broke away and struck his left leg, fracturing his tibia. Person protection equipment was worn at the time.

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