# Fractures at Geotechnical Engineering and Construction Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109904` · 10/24/2024 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Air compressors
- **Secondary source:** Hydraulic and pressurized hoses, lines
## Employer
- **Name:** Geotechnical Engineering and Construction Inc.
- **Location:** 1523 West Carson Street, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15219
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking past an air compressor. The hose on the compressor split in the middle, began swinging, and struck the employee in the right leg, knocking them to the ground. The employee sustained a broken left femur.

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