# Fractures at Tinari Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019033168` · 3/27/2019 · AMBLER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tinari Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 701 S. Bethlehem Pike, AMBLER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19002
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting wire away from a bar joist that was being held/moved by an excavator. The excavator was moved, and the joist struck the employee in the back. The employee suffered back pain and broken ribs.

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