# Fractures at Rumsey Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022031994` · 3/4/2022 · PRINCETON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Rumsey Construction, LLC
- **Location:** S. Beauchamp and Myrick Lane, PRINCETON, TEXAS, 75407
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing at the edge of the ditch watching co-workers put in a water line when he lost his footing and fell 5 to 5 1/2 feet into the ditch, resulting in six broken ribs.

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