# Fractures at West Virginia Paving, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019065824` · 6/10/2019 · MOUNT STORM, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
- **Source:** Milling machines, cold planers, and road profilers
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** West Virginia Paving, Inc.
- **Location:** U.S. Route 42-93, MOUNT STORM, WEST VIRGINIA, 26739
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was offloading a road milling machine from a lowboy trailer when it fell off the trailer and tipped over. The employee was thrown from the machine and struck his head on a parked asphalt roller. He received a head laceration, injured elbow, and three broken ribs.

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