# Fractures at J. Fletcher Creamer & Son Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024053929` · 5/6/2024 · NORTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and machine front attachments
## Employer
- **Name:** J. Fletcher Creamer & Son Inc.
- **Location:** Jackson St, NORTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, 07060
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 6, 2024, an employee was installing water pipelines and cleaning the area when they were struck in the right leg by the front loader bucket of a backhoe. They sustained a fractured lower leg and were hospitalized.

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