# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at C.W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054514` · 5/22/2024 · TOWNSEND, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in road work zone
- **Source:** Automobile
- **Secondary source:** Operator impaired  Other vehicle not occupied by injured worker
## Employer
- **Name:** C.W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 31 33'17.6 N, 81 26'35.0 W, TOWNSEND, GEORGIA, 31331
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling the joint off a southbound lane and checking the depth. The employee was walking on the right side of the paver when a vehicle swerved into the closed lane and struck the employee, launched him into the air, where he struck a spreader. The employee sustained a contusion to the body, a right arm laceration, a fractured right tibia, and a right leg laceration. The driver of the vehicle was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI).

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