# Fractures at Pesado Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2022087663` · 8/29/2022 · NEW BRAUNFELS, 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 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pesado Construction Company
- **Location:** 2648 TX-337 Loop, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78132
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing 12-by-12-foot aluminum hydraulic shoring in a bore pit. The employee was holding onto the shore pump holes when the shoring shifted downward, pulling the employee off balance and causing him to fall into the bore pit. The employee suffered five fractured ribs.

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