# Fractures at WES Construction Corp
> OSHA SIR `2019044025` · 4/19/2019 · LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
- **Secondary source:** Towers, poles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** WES Construction Corp
- **Location:** Sullivan Park, LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01843
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a skid steer loader, which struck the leftover stub of a basketball pole. The employee was jolted forward and struck his head on a rollover protection bar. He suffered a broken neck and a cut forehead and was hospitalized.

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