# Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries at Valley Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2019054415` · 5/1/2019 · MIDDLETOWN, IOWA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Valley Construction Company
- **Location:** 17571 DMC Highway 79, MIDDLETOWN, IOWA, 52638
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On May 3, 2019, an employee was placing pipe in a trench and was working in the vicinity of an excavator. A hydraulic line on the excavator ruptured causing the bucket to swing down and strike the employee. The employee sustained a fractured right arm and kidney damage.

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