# Fractures at Inter Contracting Corp
> OSHA SIR `2017021828` · 2/27/2017 · COLLEGE POINT, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Excavation or trenching cave-in
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Inter Contracting Corp
- **Location:** 119st Street & 9th Ave, COLLEGE POINT, NEW YORK, 11356
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shoveling dirt around a gas main pipe in a trench approximately 5' x 8' x 5'6" deep. A section of the trench caved-in breaking the employee's left ankle.

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