# Fractures at North Georgia Concrete
> OSHA SIR `2024076905` · 7/30/2024 · MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drill apparatus
- **Secondary source:** Strapping, bands
## Employer
- **Name:** North Georgia Concrete
- **Location:** 1100 Milledgeville Road, MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, 31061
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a concrete pier to lay rebar down. The strap broke off the auger and the cradle of the drilling rig broke and struck the employee on the top of his hard hat, knocking him to the ground and knocking off the hard hat. The employee sustained a fractured C-3 vertebra and an injured C-4 vertebra.

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