# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at DOWNRITE ENGINEERING CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2022021369` · 2/12/2022 · HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** DOWNRITE ENGINEERING CORP.
- **Location:** 13200 sw 272nd St, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, 33032
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A front-end loader had been flipped over upright, and employees were getting ready to unload its bucket. When pressure on the hydraulic lines was released, the bucket lowered quickly and crushed an employee who had walked beneath it. The employee suffered three broken upper-back vertebrae and a punctured lung.

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