# Fractures at Miller Electric Construction Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088128` · 8/8/2018 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wallboard, drywall, sheetrock
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller Electric Construction Inc.
- **Location:** One Chatham Center, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15201
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to look at electrical devices that were on a wall behind vertically stacked drywall when the drywall fell towards him, striking and breaking his right ankle. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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