# Fractures at MCG Utilities, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023043336` · 4/14/2023 · SMITHS STATION, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MCG Utilities, Inc
- **Location:** Smith Station 203 CO RD 315, SMITHS STATION, ALABAMA, 36877
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing near an excavator that was relocating a 4-inch plastic pipe using a sling connected to a bucket. The equipment was moving slowly down an incline when it started to slide. The boom was lowered and the excavator struck the pipe, causing the pipe to swing and strike the employee's left leg fracturing it.

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