# Fractures at Garney Holding Company
> OSHA SIR `2021119842` · 11/13/2021 · MCKINNEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Garney Holding Company
- **Location:** 3923 CR 341, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75071
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A Garney Holding Company employee was helping maneuver an 84-inch pipe being installed in a 14-foot trench excavation. The employee was using PVC tubing to tilt the pipe downward to cross under a utility line; the tubing lost contact with the pipe, causing the employee to slide downward and make contact with the pipe, then the bottom of the trench. The employee's right ankle was broken.

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