# Fractures at Union Industrial Contractors Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065500` · 6/23/2022 · ASHTABULA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Excavation or trenching cave-in
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Union Industrial Contractors Inc.
- **Location:** 3300 West 13th Street, ASHTABULA, OHIO, 44004
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was installing a water line in a trench that was 5' 3" deep when a trench wall caved in and pinned an employee, burying him in approximately one cubic yard of dirt. He was hospitalized for broken ribs. Cave-in protection was not used at the time.

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