# Fractures at MCCULLOUGH EXCAVATION, INC
> OSHA SIR `2020010642` · 1/21/2020 · BEL AIRE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Dirt, earth
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** MCCULLOUGH EXCAVATION, INC
- **Location:** 39th Street North, BEL AIRE, KANSAS, 67226
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was exposing a new water line looking for a leak. A trench was excavated near the pipe with a compact excavator, and an employee was exposing the pipe with a shovel.  A piece of dirt from the top of the trench fell on the back of his legs and he suffered a pelvic fracture. The trench was approximately 4.5 feet deep.

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