# Fractures at New River Electrical Corp
> OSHA SIR `2017099091` · 9/21/2017 · CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** New River Electrical Corp
- **Location:** 600 Court Street, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25301
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a sheet of 4x8 shoring board to the edge of a trench when he fell 8 feet into the trench, fracturing his right tibia and fibula.

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