# Fractures at Rutjens Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021086961` · 8/16/2021 · COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rutjens Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 29th Ave & 8th St. (front of ADM), COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, 68601
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing pipe casing with a detached, 24-inch backhoe bucket when the bucket rolled down the hill and struck the employee, resulting in broken ribs.

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