# Fractures at Allegheny Excavating Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021053849` · 5/10/2021 · CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Allegheny Excavating Inc.
- **Location:** MSA Throughway, CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA, 16066
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing above a trench as a storm water line was being installed. A trench box that was chained to an excavator tipped over while being moved. The trench box struck the employee and pinned them against the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis.

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