# Crushing injuries at Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191010561` · 10/9/2019 · PONTIAC, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Excavation or trenching cave-in
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Popejoy Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 702 S Countryside Ln, PONTIAC, ILLINOIS, 61764
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was entering a trench when the employee was trapped by falling dirt, suffering crushing injuries that required hospitalization.

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