# Fractures at Hartman & Smith Construction Co.
> OSHA SIR `20181112209` · 11/28/2018 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Excavation or trenching cave-in
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Hartman & Smith Construction Co.
- **Location:** 24 W. 13th Street, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45202
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 28, 2018, an employee was standing in a 4 1/2-foot trench when it collapsed. The falling clay/dirt broke the employee's left leg.

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