# Fractures at Milford Housing Development Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019021744` · 2/15/2019 · MILTON, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Milford Housing Development Corporation
- **Location:** 16031 Anthem Boulevard, MILTON, DELAWARE, 19968
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a sewer pipe in a trench. He was changing the bucket to a smaller bucket using the quick connect attachment on an excavator when the bucket fell on the employee, breaking his leg. He was hospitalized.

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