# Fractures and other injuries, unspecified at Ballard Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `20191010254` · 10/1/2019 · OPELIKA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Excavation or trenching cave-in
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Ballard Construction Company
- **Location:** The Village at Waterford, OPELIKA, ALABAMA, 36801
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A trench collapsed, trapping an employee inside. The employee suffered liver damage and three fractured vertebrae.

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