# Fractures at Metro Horizontal Boring Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021075577` · 7/8/2021 · KENNESAW, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Metro Horizontal Boring Inc.
- **Location:** 235 Kennesaw State University Cr., KENNESAW, GEORGIA, 30144
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was directing the excavator operator in the lifting of the boring rig from the boring pit. During the lift, the chains needed to be adjusted. As the employee adjusted the chains the boring rig slipped off its tracks and pinned him against the shoring box. The employee suffered a pelvic fracture and was hospitalized.

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