# Fractures at Ruttura & Sons Construction Co. Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054774` · 5/31/2024 · WEST BABYLON, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Pumps  except oil well
- **Secondary source:** Hoses  except machine
## Employer
- **Name:** Ruttura & Sons Construction Co. Inc.
- **Location:** 200 Cabot Street, WEST BABYLON, NEW YORK, 11704
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling concrete forms. They were lowering the concrete pump hose into the forming when an air bubble caused the hose to kick back and strike the employee's back causing a fractured L5 vertebra. The employee then landed on formwork and lost two teeth. The employee was hospitalized.

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