# Fractures at Kemsco Construction & Equipment Co. Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076642` · 7/24/2023 · BRIDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kemsco Construction & Equipment Co. Inc.
- **Location:** 820 US 22, BRIDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY, 08807
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing dunnage operations from a trench onto an excavation bucket. The excavation bucket came down while the employee was underneath it, resulting in fractures to the collarbone, right knee, right thumb, and skull.

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