# Fractures at C.W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022064808` · 6/3/2022 · JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone
- **Source:** Pickup truck
## Employer
- **Name:** C.W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc.
- **Location:** I 85 at or around exit 136, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA, 30549
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A work pickup truck backed over a C.W. Matthews employee in a highway construction zone. The employee suffered a fractured neck vertebra, fractured ribs, and head and body lacerations.

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