# Fractures at Badger Infrastructure Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2022064710` · 6/1/2022 · COMMERCE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Badger Infrastructure Solutions
- **Location:** 1760 Steve Reynolds Industrial Pkwy, COMMERCE, GEORGIA, 30529
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing excavations by placing wooden boards over holes when he fell into the 2-foot hole, landing on his right knee on the edge of the concrete slab on the opposite side of the hole. The employee suffered a fractured right patella and a laceration on his right knee.

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