# Fractures at HAAS- Anderson
> OSHA SIR `20191010842` · 10/17/2019 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Dirt, earth
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HAAS- Anderson
- **Location:** Hwy 44, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78417
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping an excavator operator with ground operations. The excavator bucket was swinging to pick up a scoop of dirt when dirt that was stuck to the outside of the bucket broke loose and hit the employee on the back. The employee suffered a back fracture.

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