# Crushing injuries at Pottstown Division
> OSHA SIR `2021042882` · 4/7/2021 · POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Excavation or trenching cave-in
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Pottstown Division
- **Location:** 243 Evergreen Rd., POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19464
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a trench making a pipe connection when the trench collapsed on the employee. The employee's leg was crushed.

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