# Fractures at GLH Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015030392` · 3/23/2015 · BELLVUE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Excavation or trenching cave-in
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** GLH Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** N CR 27 E B and Wrist Canyon Rd, BELLVUE, COLORADO, 80512
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee broke leg while installing a cap on an irrigation line in a 4-foot trench. The sides of the trench caved in on the employee, fracturing his right leg between the knee and ankle.

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