# Fractures at Circle H Contractors, LP
> OSHA SIR `2024098373` · 9/9/2024 · MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Excavators
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and machine front attachments
## Employer
- **Name:** Circle H Contractors, LP
- **Location:** Main Street Crossing Construction Project, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, 76065
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was installing 48" x 6" concrete storm drainpipe. The pipe was lowered into the trench and placed against the other pipe so that a track excavator front head arm can connect the two pipes. The injured employee was inside the pipe standing in front of the excavator head arm when the arm lifted and struck the employee on the side of their body causing a contusion with a rib fracture.

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