# Fractures at SOUTH STATE INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020076263` · 7/6/2020 · AVALON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTH STATE INC.
- **Location:** 8th St Jetty, AVALON, NEW JERSEY, 08202
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An excavator bucket struck an employee in the head, causing the employee to fall off a jetty and land on a rock. The employee suffered a broken leg.

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