# Fractures at Scott Construction Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087687` · 8/22/2023 · SPRING VALLEY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Rollers, compactors-construction
- **Secondary source:** Hills
## Employer
- **Name:** Scott Construction Inc.
- **Location:** 170th street, SPRING VALLEY, WISCONSIN, 54767
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 22, 2023, an employee was operating a compactor and evaluating the hill downgrade before sealing the roadway. After reaching the top of the hill, the employee went to put the compactor in reverse when it began rolling down the hill. The vehicle overturned, pinning the employee's arm against the ground. They sustained a head laceration, rib fractures, and crushing injuries to the right shoulder and arm.

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