# Fractures at Empire City Subway
> OSHA SIR `2021020900` · 2/1/2021 · BRONX, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Sudden start or stop, nonroadway
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
- **Secondary source:** Sewers, manholes, storm drains
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire City Subway
- **Location:** 310-314 Drake Street, BRONX, NEW YORK, 10474
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a backhoe to remove snow when the front loader arm got caught on an elevated sewer casting that was covered in snow, causing the backhoe to stop abruptly. The employee was propelled forward, impacting his chest on the steering wheel. The employee sustained a fractured sternum and a contusion to his chest.

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