# Fractures at Quanta Telecom Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191112112` · 11/21/2019 · GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Quanta Telecom Services, LLC
- **Location:** Intersection of W University Ave and S Austin St., GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, 78628
- **NAICS:** 517919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was spotting for a dump truck while it backed up to dump crushed stone near an approximately 76-inch deep excavation. While signaling the dump truck, the injured employee lost his footing and fell into the open hole, landing upright, and sustaining a fractured right ankle.

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