# Fractures at Lucas Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `20181010428` · 10/9/2018 · MANVEL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Excavation or trenching cave-in
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Lucas Construction Company
- **Location:** 4545 Pomona Parkway, MANVEL, TEXAS, 77578
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a pipe to a new manhole inside an excavation when the soil caved in and pinned the employee against the manhole. The employee suffered fractured ribs and shoulder and wrist injuries.

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