# Fractures at Danella Construction
> OSHA SIR `20171211881` · 12/14/2017 · NORWALK, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Mini excavators
## Employer
- **Name:** Danella Construction
- **Location:** 536 West Avenue, NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, 06850
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting why the latch to the door of a mini-excavator would not open. He had climbed up onto the mini-excavator to get a better vantage point when he lost his footing and fell backward onto a skid-steer bucket that was parked next to the mini-excavator, breaking multiple ribs. He was hospitalized.

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