# Fractures at J. S. Bova Excavating, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191010330` · 10/2/2019 · NORTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** J. S. Bova Excavating, LLC
- **Location:** 3322 Clark Mill Road, NORTON, OHIO, 44203
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a trench, using a spud bar to find the opening in a manhole to line up the next piece of pipe to connect. A steel plate next to the trench box fell on the employee's lower right leg, breaking it.

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