# Fractures at Duke Energy
> OSHA SIR `2020010722` · 1/22/2020 · ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Excavation or trenching cave-in
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Duke Energy
- **Location:** 6742 Clifton Downs Dr., ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA, 33542
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was splicing an electric cable in a trench that was 4 to 5 feet deep, 14 feet long, and 4 to 5 feet wide when the side wall caved in and contacted his right leg, breaking his tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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