# Fractures at MARTAM CONSTRUCTION, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024065475` · 6/20/2024 · DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from moving vehicle
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Construction debris
## Employer
- **Name:** MARTAM CONSTRUCTION, INC.
- **Location:** 1671 E. Oakton St., DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, 60016
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a concrete buggy when a piece of concrete debris became lodged in the tracks, causing the buggy to come to a sudden stop. The employee was thrown from the buggy and landed on the ground on his left side resulting in a broken arm and two broken ribs.

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