# Fractures at W.S. Newell & Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191112048` · 11/20/2019 · PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** W.S. Newell & Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** Hardie Board Project, PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA, 36068
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a backhoe down a highway in a construction zone. An 18-wheeler semi truck struck the backhoe from behind; the employee suffered a broken nose (requiring emergency surgery) and a large laceration to the back of the head (requiring stitches).

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