# Fractures at PKF Mark III, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021097702` · 9/7/2021 · BAY HEAD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** PKF Mark III, Inc.
- **Location:** NJTA Bayhead Substation Yard, BAY HEAD, NEW JERSEY, 08742
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been backfilling a previous excavation. As the employee walked along the duct bank, a portion of a steel support plate shifted and crushed the employee's leg. The employee's left femur was fractured.

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