# Fractures at Gulfcoast Utility Constructors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087681` · 8/20/2024 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and machine front attachments
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulfcoast Utility Constructors, Inc.
- **Location:** 7020 Professional Pkwy, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34240
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting a leak on a mini trackhoe when the bucket was moved, striking a co-worker in the chest. The injured employee was hospitalized with six broken ribs.

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